1. Mapping the Americas What was going on in the Americas during 600- 1450?

2. Geographic Challenges

3. South America too…

4. Placing civilizations in appropriate place and time…  http://www.ballgame.org/sub_section.asp?sectio n=1&sub_section=1 http://www.ballgame.org/sub_section.asp?sectio n=1&sub_section=1

5. Major Mesoamerican Civilizations, 1000 B.C.E.-1519

7. Great Plaza at Tikal

8. Ballgame

9. Palace doorway lintel, Maya

10. Mayan and Aztec Cities

11. Mayan and Aztec Cities continued  http://www.ancientmexico.com/content/map/inde x.html http://www.ancientmexico.com/content/map/inde x.html  http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/ http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/  http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs1.htm http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs1.htm

12. Tenochtitlan

13. Aztec Youth

14. Goddess Tlazolteotl

15. Land of the Anasazi

16. Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling

17. Andean Civilizations, 200 B.C.E. - 1532

18. Incan Empire—High in the Andes

19. Expansion of the Empire

20. Road System

21. Machu Picchu  http://www.incas.homestead.com/inca_civilizatio n.html http://www.incas.homestead.com/inca_civilizatio n.html

22. Inca Tunic

23. Question  The Inca civilization was originally based on A. control of religious institutions. B. military dominance. C. reciprocal gift giving and the redistribution of textiles. D. the control of jade, like the Olmec civilization.

24. Answer  The Inca civilization was originally based on A. control of religious institutions. B. military dominance. C. reciprocal gift giving and the redistribution of textiles. (correct) D. the control of jade, like the Olmec civilization. Hint: See page 360.

25. Question  Mesoamerica was never united A. politically. B. economically. C. religiously. D. culturally.

26. Answer  Mesoamerica was never united A. politically. (correct) B. economically. C. religiously. D. culturally. Hint: See page 340.

27. Question  The Maya cosmos was divided into three layers A. that connected along a vertical axis that traced the course of the moon. B. that connected along a horizontal axis that traced the course of life and death. C. that connected along a horizontal axis that traced the course of the sun. D. that connected along a vertical axis that traced the course of the sun.

28. Question  The Mesoamerican ball game A. was played only by women. B. exemplified the frivolous lifestyle of elites. C. had deep religious meaning. D. was meant to entertain, not enlighten.

29. Answer  The Mesoamerican ball game A. was played only by women. B. exemplified the frivolous lifestyle of elites. C. had deep religious meaning. (correct) D. was meant to entertain, not enlighten. Hint: See page 346.