CHAPTER 9

Section 1: The Earliest Americans

Section 2: Cultures of North America

Section 3: Mesoamerica and Andean South America

The Americas

SECTION 1

Question:How did communities that were primarily hunters differ from those that were primarily farmers?

The Earliest Americans

SECTION 1

The Earliest Americans

Hunting

Farming

nomadic groups on the move

settled towns

Communities Food Sources

constantly changing

stable and reliable

SECTION 2

Question:How did geography or climate influence peoples’ way of life?

Cultures of North America

SECTION 2

Cultures of North America

Region Way of Life

seacoast

desert

high plains

forest region

fishing

irrigated farming

hunting buffalo

hunting, fishing, farming

Israel and the Occupied Territories

SECTION 3

Question:What are some important characteristics or achievements of the Olmec, Maya, and Toltec peoples?

Mesoamerica and Andean South America

SECTION 3Mesoamerica and Andean South America

Olmec Maya Toltec

worshiped part-jaguar god developed calendar worshiped Quetzalcoatl

carved giant stone heads studied astronomy introduced metalworking

writing system with “glyphs” capital of Tula

Chapter Wrap-Up

1. How did climate changes allow for migration into the Western Hemisphere?

2. What ideas in astronomy, mathematics, and architectural engineering developed in Mesoamerica and Peru?

3. Why did the Aztec face revolts from the people they had conquered?

1. How did climate changes allow for migration into the Western Hemisphere?

2. What ideas in astronomy, mathematics, and architectural engineering developed in Mesoamerica and Peru?

3. Why did the Aztec face revolts from the people they had conquered?

CHAPTER 9