1. AP World Review: Video #14: Civilizations In The Americas (Mesoamerica, Andean, And North America) Key Concept 2.2, I, A
Everything You Need To Know About Civilizations In The Americas To Succeed In AP World

2. Teotihuacan Founded around 150 B.C.E. near present-day Mexico city
100,000s of people - largest city in Western Hemisphere
Structure of city:
Grid pattern, apartment buildings
Surrounded by fields - agriculture
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon
Centralized government
Social Classes:
Priests and nobles at the top
Peasants and artisans
Regional trade - obsidian

3. Decline Of Teotihuacan
C.E. - fire burned the city
A lot of unknowns about the city

4. Mayan City-States Height between 250 and 900 C.E.
2 million Mayans in the region
Present-day Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala
Around 40 cities from 5,000 to 50,000 people
Agriculture:
Slash-and-burn
Terraced fields
Irrigation systems for corn, beans, and squash - three sisters

5. Mayan City-States
Temples, plazas, and palaces were located in the center
Temples were sometimes located on top of pyramids
Government Structure:
City-states were ruled by kings
Claimed to be divine
Wars between city-states
Gain tribute, rather than territory
Losers were sometimes sacrificed
Taxes and labor were given to the government from the common people
No standing militaries -> citizens joined military when war broke out
Powerful city-states would dominate regions

6. Mayan City-States Religion: Polytheistic - Gods of sun, rain, and corn
Priests had significant power
Achievements:
Could predict solar eclipses and moon phases -> without telescopes
Advanced calendar
Writing system -> similar to hieroglyphics
Written on paper
Decline:
Wars, drought, and environmental changes led to population decline
Abandoned city-states

7. Moche (Andean South America)
200 B.C.E C.E.
Temples - Sun and Moon
City was built around the temples
Irrigation brought water to city
Corn and beans
Llamas provided meat, transportation, and fertilizer for crops
Artisans made pottery and jewelry
Trade was local
Lack of boats and wheeled vehicles

8. Moche (Andean South America)
Religion:
Polytheistic
Human sacrifices
Decline of the Moche:
Severe drought and rain weakened civilization

9. Chaco 860 - 1130 C.E. Located near the Rio Grande
Little infrastructure:
Lack of wheeled vehicles and large, domesticated animals
Advancements:
Astronomers
Turquoise jewelry - trade
Civilization was abandoned

10. Cahokia Located near present-day St. Louis 900 - 1250 C.E.
Built giant mounds
Society:
Stratified
Agriculture was based on corn
Spread from Mexico

11. Quick Recap Characteristics of Teotihuacan Mayan city-states:
Agriculture, irrigation, government structure, achievements
Moche:
Irrigation -> corn and beans
Polytheistic
Chaco:
Little infrastructure
Advancements
Cahokia:
Giant mounds
Maize

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