1. Ancient America PRE 1492

2.  Archaeology- Studies Physical objects like bones, spears, jewelry, pots and baskets, graves and buildings.  Historians- study writing, like letters and diary entries, laws, newspapers, court cases and business ledgers.

4.  Writing is defined as a system of symbols that record spoken language.  Writing originated from the people of China, Egypt, and central America about 8,000 years ago.  Is the Mexican Stone in the last slide considered a form of writing?

5. What happened to this about 65 million years ago?

6.  Where did the first humans in the Western Hemisphere emigrate from?  What land mass, now 350 ft below water did they cross?  What two factors made it possible for their journey?  What is the name given to these pioneers, and why is it given to them?

7.  Once the Siberians settled in North and South America they became know as the Paleo- Indian Hunters?  What was hunting like for these indians, what type of Animals did they hunt and how?  What major environmental change happened to these indians, and what was the drastic effect?  What is foraging? And how did it help after the environmental change?

8.  What are some of the major differences between the two?  Different religious beliefs  Dwellings  Different rules of kinship and inheritance.  Why did these changes come about?

9.  Great Basin Cultures?  Pacific Coast Cultures?  Eastern Woodland cultures?  Southwestern Cultures  Arctic Cultures?  Great Plains Cultures  HOW DID THESE ADAPT AS WE GET INTO THE 1490s?

10. Discuss What culture the tribe would fit in.

11. What rituals happened at this Temple?

12.  Europeans named them AZTECS!  Tenochtitlan was the capital.  Worshiped the god “ Huitzilopochtli”  What group led the social hierarchy?  What did they do with prisoners?  Who led that event, and what was it for?  What is a tribute and how did it effect the Mexica and its people?  What is redistribution of wealth?  How did the tribute help the European Conqueror's?

13. What is the importance of this calendar?

14.  Why do Historians rely on archaeologist to write the history of Ancient Americans?  How did the availability of food influence the migration of early Americans across the continent?  Why did Archaic Native Americans switch from big game hunting to foraging and small game hunting?