1. Bellwork: Thursday, March 9th
Grace Day expires today for the Children’s Story
Pick up the paper in the black tray by the Comp books. It is a summary of our Americas Unit. Read the front and back first. Then answer the questions.
Bellwork:
***Read the Americas summary and answer the questions below.
What do you think was the Maya’s greatest achievement?
Why did the Aztecs develop two calendars?

2. Vocabulary
Mesoamerica – a region from the middle of Mexico south to the present day country of Nicaragua
Pre-Columbian – The time period in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus
Maize – corn
Nomad – someone who wanders following a food source; no permanent home
Arable land – land able to be plowed for farming
Irrigate – to supply water by means of ditches, pipes, or other manmade ways
Terrain – the lay of the land (example – mountainous terrain)
Terrace farming – a way of farming in mountainous terrain. It looks like giant steps. Farmers cut into the mountain to create a series of flat surfaces to plant crops
Agriculture – farming
Sovereign = self-governing
City–state = a sovereign (self-governing) area with a capital city
Tenochtitlan = the capital city of the Aztec empire
Cuzco = the capital city of the Incan empire
Artisan = a skilled crafts worker who creates trade goods by hand
Astronomy = the study of stars and other celestial objects and their movement
Conquistador = A Spanish conqueror

3. Which word?? Agriculture = farming Maize = corn
Nomad = someone who wanders following a food source; no permanent home

4. Which word?? What would enable a nomad to establish a permanent home?
Irrigate = to supply water by means of ditches, pipes, or other manmade ways
Arable land = land that is able to be plowed for farming

5. Which word?? Terrain = the lay of the land
Terrace farming – a way of farming in a mountainous terrain

6. Which word?? Sovereign area with capital city Self governing
City-State
Self governing
Sovereign = self-governing
Artisan = a skilled crafts worker who creates trade goods by hand

7. Which word??
Astronomy = the study of stars, planets, and other celestial objects
Conquistador = A Spanish conqueror

8. Which word?? What’s a city-state?
Before
Christopher Columbus’ ships
Mesoamerica = a region from the Middle of Mexico south to present day Nicaragua
Pre-Columbian = time period in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus
What’s a city-state?
What two inventions made more land arable during the Middle Ages in Europe?
Name an ancient civilization that had city-states?

9. Which word??
Areas that have flat, fertile, and arable land, usually have an economy based on ____________.
The United States is a _________ nation.
How would you describe the terrain of the Siegel practice football field?

10. Vocabulary What type of terrain would you have in order to use terrace farming?

11. Last Vocab words.. Capital city of Aztecs is _________________
Capital city of Incas is ________________

12. Which word: Farmers in the Americas depended on this crop.
Farmers also need land that is:
A region of in the middle of the Americas

13. USA (present day)
Atlantic Ocean
Mexico
(present day)
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Peninsula
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Central America

14. Label:
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Mesoamerica
Mexico (modern day)
Mesoamerica

15. USA (present day)
Atlantic Ocean
Mexico
(present day)
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Peninsula
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Central America

16. American civilizations
Olmec civilization
Maya civilization
Aztec civilization

17. Label:
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Label:
Pacific Ocean
Mesoamerica
Mexico (modern day)

18. Label:
Sierra Madre Occidental Mtns
Sierra Madre Oriental Mtns
Olmec civilization
Maya civilization
Aztec civilization
Andes Mountains
Inca civilization

19. Review: List the three Mesoamerican civilizations.
List an Andean civilization.
Which Mesoamerican civilization lived on the Yucatan peninsula?
Which Mesoamerican civilization bordered the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean?
Which American civilization most likely practice terrace farming? Why?
Which civilization had the coldest climate? Why?

20. On your Comp Book Map… Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains Gulf of Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains
Caribbean Sea
Central America
Andes Mountains

21. On your Comp Book Map… Outline Olmec civilization
Color Aztec civilization
Color
Maya civilization
Color Incan civilization

22. Highlight your Study Guide