RCOT: The Americas

Mesoamerica: Olmec

Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan

Chinampas in Teotihuacan: floating gardensHow were chinampas developed? What were they used for?

Mesoamerica: Maya

MAYAN ARCHITECTURE: TEMPLE AT PALENQUE

MAYAN ASTRONOMY. Left: The jaguars represent north, south, east, and west. The Maya believed the earth was flat and that the jaguars held up the sky. Right: Mayan sun god stone carving.

MAYAN GLYPHS. Which other great civilizationused hieroglyphics and constructed pyramids?

TOLTEC

MESOAMERICA: AZTEC EMPIREChronological memory device: Ol’ Teo’ Ma’ Tol’ Az [Olteomatolaz] = Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltec, Aztec

AZTEC ARCHITECTUREPyramid construction was the greatest technological

achievement of Aztec civilization. What was the utilitarian value of pyramids? (How were they used?)

ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONS: Inca. Describe the role of the ayllu. Describe the mit’a system. How were messages carried quickly from Cuzco ,the capital, to other towns and cities?

INCA ARCHITECTURE:MACHU PICCHUName four Andean civilizations that existed before the Inca.See chapter 12 in your text.

Inca Khipu: record keepingused to keep inventory, create a census, keep records

Conquistadors: Cortez--Aztecs--Mexico; Pizarro--Incas--PeruIn your notes, define encomienda and the mit’a system; draw the hierarchy.

COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA (1800)

LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

SIMON BOLIVAR: The LiberatorLatin American Nationalism

ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA:Cahokia Mound Builders & Mississippian Cities

ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA: ADENA & HOPEWELL

Anasazi: Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling