1. The Americas

2. North America: Canada The USA Mexico
Central America:
Is the area in between Mexico and South America
South America

3. The Age of Exploration
Portugal Leads the Way, pg. 511
Henry the Navigator
Worksheet pg. 8

4. Columbus Reaches America, pg. 513
Christopher Columbus: Did he really discover America?
What Really Happened?

5. Exploration After Columbus, pg 515
Conquistadors: Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztecs

6. Mayans, Aztecs, Incas Cultures of Mesoamerica
These are the cultures that originally populated Mexico, Central America, and South America

9. Mesoamerica Map Activity
Pg. 363
Class Packet pg. 1

10. Maya and Aztec
On your Mesoamerica map, add the areas for the Aztec and Maya.
Color the Aztec red
Color the Maya green
Add a key

11. South America Map Activity
Pg. A10
(in the front of your book)
Class Packet pg. 2

12. Geo Themes
Complete the Geo Themes pages for the Americas Class Packet pg 3 – 4 The atlas pages are on the following slides:

13. Pg. 5

14. Pg. 20

15. Pg. 21

16. Pg. 22

17. Pg. 23

18. Pg. 25