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This document provides information on various Native American civilizations including the Pueblo people of the southwest US, the Mound Builders of the eastern US, and the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations of Central and South America. It notes key facts about each group such as their living structures, religious practices including human sacrifice, and important cities. The document aims to give the reader a high-level overview of the major pre-Columbian civilizations in North, Central, and South America.
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- 1. Age of European Exploration
- 2. • Pueblo • Effigy mound • Prester John • Caraval • Trade winds • Conquistadors
- 4. NORTH AMERICA 1. Pueblos – Indians who lived in Southern part of US • Pueblo means town • They lived in small villages
- 7. adobe
- 8. 2. Plains Indians • Lived in tepees • Hunted elk, buffalo and antelope
- 12. 3. Eastern Indians • Consisted of three different Indian groups
- 13. Mound Builders • Built earthen mounds • Some were grave sites, temples, or effigy mounds • Effigy mound – mound in the shape of an animal or object
- 15. Alligator
- 16. Serpent
- 17. • Lived in wooden structures covered with animal skins
- 18. Iroquois Confederacy • One of the most powerful groups in North America
- 21. • Very savage • Ate parts of their enemies to gain some of fallen warriors courage
- 22. Five Civilized Tribes • Maintained peaceful relations with other tribes and adopted many colonial customs
- 24. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
- 25. Mayas • Lived in central America in the Yucatan Peninsula
- 26. • Developed a calendar • Superior form of writing • Were accomplished mathematicians and astronomers
- 27. Maya Religion • Built pyramids that were temples • Offered human sacrifices to please their gods
- 31. • They couldn’t unite to fight against their enemies
- 32. Aztecs They lived in Central America
- 33. • Built their capital on Tenochtitlan
- 34. Tenochtitlan
- 35. • Characterized by war and warriors • People captured in war were sacrificed to satisfy their gods
- 36. • They worshipped many gods • Sacrificed humans • Quetzalcoatl was one of their gods that once lived on Earth
- 37. • Had a judicial system where serious crimes were punishable by death
- 38. Incas Lived along coast in South America
- 39. • Cuzco was the capital • Said to be covered with sheets of gold to remind them of their sun god
- 40. • The “Inca” was the king and made all important decisions for his people • Produced passive followers • Made animal sacrifices, but no human ones
Editor's Notes
- Cliff dwellers, adobe.Hopi, Ute, Paiute, Navajo and Apache
- Before the Spanish came they hunted on foot,Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfeet and Comanche
- Alligator effigy mound
- Serpent mound
- By the time Europeans began to explore, the mound builders were dying out
- British and French colonists as well as other Indian tribes needed the cooperation of the Iroquois in order to accomplish anything
- Often tortured captured enemies to death
- Consisted of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles
- From 300-800 ADMayas were intellectually better than Aztecs and IncasCalendar was as accurate as the one we use todayUnderstood the concept of zero
- Archaeologists have found large graves containing the remains of men and women whom the Mayas slaughtered to please their gods
- Offered no resistance against the Aztecs or the Spanish
- First made floating islands from mounds of water plants and put them in the middle of the lake. When these had rooted, the Aztecs filled the roots with soil and built on them
- Every Aztec man who was able to fight had to serve in the army
- Believed Cortes was Quetzalcoatl
- Included adultry