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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1 

Name: Eitan Boaz

Date: 2/13/18

Class: ☆7.1 - Medieval World History☆


 
Slides and Notes 
Slide Student Notes

Title  ☆MesoAmerica☆
Discuss the differences between the Incan, Mayan,
Goal 
and Aztec civilizations.

The Olmec  
Civilization  Omecs

Earliest major civilizations in mexico


Date  Lasted 1100 years
Foundational civilization

Population  Flourished 1500 BCE - 400 BCE

Religion   Multiple Gods

The Mayans  
Date  200-900 BC

Location  Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Yucatan Peninsula

Hieroglyphic writing, astronomy, calendar,


Achievements 
mathematics, team sports, step pyramids.

The Incas  
Date  1200 - 1532 BC

Location  Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Andes Region

Achievements  Highway system, temple of the sun, Machu Picchu,

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1 

Efficient Major Government

The Aztecs  
Date  1345-1521 BC

Mexican Capital, Aztec capital (Tenochtitlan) is


Location 
present day Mexico City

Historical Codices, Monetary System (coins), Surgical


Advances, Great Temple of Tenochtitlan,
Achievements 
Coyolxauhqui stone
Rose through power through conquest (battle)

Additional Information 

Extra Researched Fact:


Maya  
It was noted for its hieroglyphic script—the only
(Click ONE link in 
known fully developed writing system of the
this category and 
pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its ​art​,
give one detail 
architecture, mathematics, calendar, and
more.) 
astronomical system.

Extra Researched Fact:

It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America


Inca 
and possibly the largest empire in the world in the
(Click ONE link in 
early 16th century. Its political and administrative
this category and 
structure "was the most sophisticated found among
give one detail 
native peoples" in the Americas. The administrative,
more.) 
political and military center of the empire was located
in Cusco in modern-day Peru.

Extra Researched Fact:

Aztec  The Aztec Empire, or the Triple Alliance (Nahuatl


(Click ONE link in  languages: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, began as an alliance of
this category and  three Nahua "altepetl" city-states:
give one detail  Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. These
more.)  three city-states ruled the area in and around the
Valley of Mexico from 1427 until the combined forces
of the Spanish conquistadors and their native allies

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1 

under Hernán Cortés defeated them in 1521.

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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