Section 1: The Earliest Americans Section 2: Cultures of North America CHAPTER 9 The Americas Section 1: The Earliest Americans Section 2: Cultures of North America Section 3: Mesoamerica and Andean South America

SECTION 1 The Earliest Americans Question: How did communities that were primarily hunters differ from those that were primarily farmers?

nomadic groups on the move SECTION 1 The Earliest Americans Communities Food Sources Hunting Farming nomadic groups on the move constantly changing settled towns stable and reliable

Question: How did geography or climate influence peoples’ way of life? SECTION 2 Cultures of North America Question: How did geography or climate influence peoples’ way of life?

hunting, fishing, farming SECTION 2 Cultures of North America Region Way of Life seacoast fishing desert irrigated farming high plains hunting buffalo forest region hunting, fishing, farming

SECTION 3 Israel and the Occupied Territories Mesoamerica and Andean South America Question: What are some important characteristics or achievements of the Olmec, Maya, and Toltec peoples?

Mesoamerica and Andean South America SECTION 3 Mesoamerica and Andean South America Olmec Maya Toltec writing system with “glyphs” capital of Tula carved giant stone heads studied astronomy introduced metalworking worshiped part-jaguar god developed calendar worshiped Quetzalcoatl

Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 9 1. How did climate changes allow for migration into the Western Hemisphere? 2. What ideas in astronomy, mathematics, and architectural engineering developed in Mesoamerica and Peru? 3. Why did the Aztec face revolts from the people they had conquered?