7th Grade, Quarter 2, Unit 1: The Earliest Americans

The Earliest Americans migrated to the Americas across the Bering Land Bridge

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The Maya were the oldest culture from MesoAmerica. They are sometimes called the Mother Culture of MesoAmerica

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The Olmec were the oldest culture from MesoAmerica. They are sometimes called the Mother Culture of MesoAmerica

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Mesoamerican ball was a game that could last for days. The stakes of the game were literally life and death. The captain of the losing side was sacrificed to the gods.

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The Mayan calendar functioned similarly to a cog-wheel system. It was used for several purposes including agriculture and religion.

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The Aztec built their Capital city, Tenochtitlan, on a lake. It was organized according to Aztec cosmology, and it was located where Mexico City is located today.

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The main agricultural crop, for the Inca Empire, was maize (corn).

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The main agricultural crop, for the Inca Empire, were potatoes

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The Inca Empire called themselves the Tahuantinsuyu (named for the four regions of the Empire). Located in South America, their expansion was limited to the east by the Andes Mountains and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Consequently, the Empire stretched a long distance from north to south.

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Pueblo Bonito was the largest city in the Americas, north of MesoAmerica

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