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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1
Date: 2/13/18
Title ☆MesoAmerica☆
Discuss the differences between the Incan, Mayan,
Goal
and Aztec civilizations.
The Olmec
Civilization Omecs
The Mayans
Date 200-900 BC
The Incas
Date 1200 - 1532 BC
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1
The Aztecs
Date 1345-1521 BC
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1
Videos
Video Summary:
Inca The largest empire in the hemisphere was the Inca.
(Watch this video, They controlled the west coast of south america in the
answer the 15th and 16th centuries. The total empire stretched
questions/quiz, and out about 772,000 square miles and dictated about 20
give a short million people.
summary to the
right using about 3
sentences.)
Video Summary:
Maya
The mayans were the first major, complex civilization
(Watch this video,
to develop in the americas. They lived in the Yucatan
answer the
Peninsula. They had Art, Science, Architecture, and
questions/quiz, and
writing.
give a short
summary to the
right using about 3
sentences.)
Video Summary:
Aztec
(Watch this video,
Aztecs are famous for sacrificing, step pyramid, and
answer the
worshipping a feathered snake. The actual leaders of
questions/quiz, and
the Aztecs lived in Tenochtitlan in the Valley of
give a short
Mexico. In Nahuatl (original language), Aztecs mean
summary to the
people from Aztlan. This is because they originally
right using about 3
came from Aztlan.
sentences.)
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