By: Brandon HernandezAnd

Juan Vega

How did the first people arrive in the Americas?

Why was the development of agriculture important?

What was some aspects of Mesoamerican culture?

What early societies existed in North America?

The first people; Paleo-indians, arrived in North America through an ice bridge- which was revealed because of the low water levels-called Beringia.

Agriculture was important because it allowed Native Americans tribes to settle in and make villages. This led to larger more complex societies.

Olmec priests created number and calendar systems they also made glyphs

Glyphs: Symbols that represent ideas Maya built giant stone palaces, bridges, and

temples. They also studied math and astronomy. The Aztecs made a city in a lake called

Tenochtitlan. They also traded thing like jade, gold and

cocoa. They also studied poetry.

The Anasazi lived in a desert climate. They made their villages which were called pueblos out of sun-baked clay or adobe.

The Hopewell built large burial mounds to honor the dead.

The Mississippians also made burial mounds. They built pyramid looking mounds. The people held ceremonies on the top of the pyramids

How did the environment influence Native American cultures in North America?

What types of housing did Native Americans build?

What were various traits of Native Americans in different culture areas?

The environment influenced Native American cultures because the Indians had to adapt to the environment which cause them to do things differently.

Aleuts used kayaks and dogsleds to travel across the cultural area. They also made houses out of Ice blocks called igloos

The South western tribes made under ground water systems to grow plants

The Pacific coast tribes fished on canoes for otters, whales, and other fishes.

Their were igloos for the people in the far north

The Tlingit, Nootka, and Skokomish tribes made there houses out wood from evergreen trees

The Anasazi built pueblos

People of the far north fished and hunted large mammals. They also had dogs for hunting and pulling sleds

People of the Pacific coast survived by eating the sea life and wild plants.

People of the Southwest lived in pueblos and hunted small animals such as rabbits. They also ate bugs and small insects.

What new lands did the Vikings explore? What were society and daily life like during

the Middle Ages? How did the Catholic Church affect people’s

lives during the Middle Ages? What events brought about major change in

the late Middle Ages?

The Vikings were the first to explore the islands of Greenland and Iceland

Later the Vikings explored the island of Newfoundland

Society and daily life was different after the fall of the Roman empire.

Their was a different type of government called feudalism

Feudalism people which were called vassals gave honor to the king for land

More land more power and wealth Some selected vassals became knights to

protect manors The peasants were in charge of farming the

land their pay was the protection from the king

The Catholic Church affected peoples lives during the Middle Ages because it was the center of social and religious life.

Everybody was welcome to the church The Church gave rulers advice and paid for

art and architecture projects

The Magna Carta brought major change because it actual freedom to people

The Renaissance was the rebirth of the arts and learning of ancient Greece and Rome

New technology was being used like windmills and watermills

How did Islam affect the Mediterranean region?

What led the Chinese to join in and then withdraw from international trade?

How did trade influence African kingdoms?

Islam affected the Mediterranean region by taking its ports and lands.

The Muslims made a powerful navy and dominated the eastern Mediterranean Sea

They also traded and exchanged ideas They believed in learning

China went to trade to be wealthy China received plenty of wealth and

knowledge China left trading because of internal affairs

African trade made the country extremely wealthy

African kingdoms Most of the wealth was from gold

Islam came and the emperor’s became Muslim