Pre-Columbian America

1. WHICH DO YOU
THINKWas a more civilized society in
1491: the native Americans or
Europeans in places like Italy,
England, and Germany? Why?

3. Strand #1
Standard #1
Age of exploration
I can compare and contrast the cultures
of meso- and north America with each
other and those in western Europe

4. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Population of 53 million

5. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Diseases like smallpox
and the flu

6. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
System of feudalism

7. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Monarchy and royal
family

8. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Large numbers of
horses

9. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Well-developed and
organized religion

10. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Forced people into
slavery

11. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Relatively disease free

12. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Engineered aqueducts
to deliver fresh water
from hundreds of miles
away

13. Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Burned people they
believed to be witches

16. Bell-Ringer 8/27
What would be some
problems with a nomadic
lifestyle (always moving
from place to place)?

17. We know they
travelled
from Asia,
but how?

20. Beringia: land bridge
over which Asiatic people
followed herds during an
ice age 38,000-10,000 B.C.E.

21. Photo: National Geographic
Photo: National Geographic

22. Problems with the
Nomadic Lifestyle
1.Scarcity of food
2.Little protection from weather
3.Sickness and disease

24. Why settle in
Mesoamerica?
1.Warmer climate
2.Mountains for protection
3.Learned the art of horticulture

26. Agriculture led to civilization.

27. “3 Sisters”

28. Six traits of a civilization
1. Food surplus
2. Advanced cities
3. Advanced technology
4. Skilled workers
5. Complex institutions
6. System of writing/records

29. Bell-Ringer 8/28
Write down 3 things you learned
about Native Americans yesterday.
Whenyouare finished, pick up your
maps from your folder in the crates
on my desk.

31. 1500-400 B.C.e

33. 250-900 C.e

35. 1300-1521 C.E

38. 1400-1572 C.E

39. Bell-Ringer 8/31
Predict how the north American
Indians will be different from
those in Mesoamerica & South
America.

40. A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

42. ANASAZI
Livedinnorthernnew
Mexicoaround900C.E.
Pueblodwellers
utilizingirrigation
createdamassivetrade
network(unique)
Hohokam
LivedinArizonabetween
300-1450C.E.
Pueblodwellers
utilizingirrigation
(“canalbuilders”)
RetainedMesoamerican
influenceinsomeareas
Hopi
LivedinArizona
Pueblodwellers
utilizingirrigation
Coronadometthemon
hissearchforCibola
Retainednativereligion

43. Natchez
Livedinmodern Miss.
Mound-builders
PracticedHuman
sacrifice
Prob.Hadcontactwith
Mesoamerica
Cahokians
LivedeastofSTL
Populationof15-25,000
Morethan100mounds
Extensivetrade
network,trainedarmy,
walledcity,andmore

44. Wampanoag
Livedin New England
Powerful chiefs
organized thousands
Trading networks
Warredwith neighbors