1. Early American Civilizations I can identify locations of the Early American civilizations.

2. Early American Civilizations

3. Olmecs O 1 st Civilization of in Latin America O Southern Mexico O Very Skilled at Farming

4. Built Stone Heads Worshipped Jaguars Cultural Hearth: place of origin of a major culture

6. Mayans O Lived in Southern Mexico from 1500 BC to 900 O Major cities O Traded with other civ. O Chocolate O Salt O Cotton

7. O Glyphs: carved symbols used for writing O Advanced technology & science O Left their cities around 900

8. Aztecs O Northern Mexico O 1300-1521 O Empire: large area amount of people controlled by one leader O Leaders were seen as gods

9. O Offered human sacrifices to their gods O Chinampas: island gardens used for food & flowers

11. Incas O Highlands of South America O Andes Mountains O 1400-1533 O Machu Picchu: palace in the sky

13. O Terrace Farming: cutting into the mountains to make farm land

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