1. LATIN AMERICA
A basic history

2. When you hear “Latin America,” what comes to mind?

3. How did that come to be? Essential Question:
How did the period of European exploration affect the outcome of human settlement and development of nations in these regions?

4. Before white men, there were natives
Pocahontas
Question: Why do we mostly learn about white men’s conquests in Latin America?
European colonization heavily shaped and influenced Latin America and its cultures

5. Native civilizations: Maya
Southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala CE
City-states, kings, priests
Sacrifice and blood-letting
Slash and burn farming

6. Mayan sacrifices
Are human sacrifices still prevalent in Latin America?
Why not?

7. They also had impressive art, architecture, systems of writing, and had a calendar (that was ultimately WRONG! The world never ended)

8. Native civilizations: Aztec
Central Mexico – Tenochtitlan
Sacrifices, blood letting, and large pyramids CE

9. Based on the map, predict how you think the geography affected Aztec life

10. Aztec society Aztecs practiced city planning
The Aztecs were also very accomplished in architecture

11. Native civilizations: Inca
Peru and Chile
Roads connected their empire
Kept records with ropes and knots

12. Inca society
How does the Geography of Peru and Chile affect people living there?
Terrace farming

13. European Colonization
Europe and the New World
Why the New World?
Why did Europe want to explore? What were they hoping to gain?

14. European Colonization
Spain and Portugal
England and France
Spain colonized Mexico and most of central and South America
Portugal colonized Brazil
England colonized Jamaica and Belize
French colonized Haiti

16. Effects of Colonization
Evidences of European colonization:
Common language – Spanish or Portuguese
Common religion – Roman Catholicism
Think about what you know about South America
How did that come to be?
What happened to the Maya, Inca, and Aztec? Why?
What is another thing Europeans brought to the South America?

17. Europe used South America as a way to gain new natural resources
Columbian exchange
Plantations and farming
Colonizers forced natives to work plantations, but also brought over slaves from Africa

18. African Influences Music – Calypso, steel drum bands, reggae
Religion – voodoo in Haiti, Candomble in Brazil

19. Project Pick any Latin American country!
Each person must choose a different country – go in reverse alphabetical order.
Create a brochure advertising your country’s
History
Colonization
Who, when, why, how it has affected current society
Culture, language, beliefs, government
Landscape
Natural resources
Fun things to do (cultural activities, holidays)

20. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES