September 8, 2015
Homework
 Get "history
course
requirements"
sheet signed
 Bring txbk to
class tomorrow
Do Now
 Complete
"citizenship test"
Do Now:
What is the difference
between a Nomad &
Settler?
Which lifestyle would you
rather live? Why?
Homework: Map Quiz on
Wednesday, start studying
Do Now
How would you
define a
civilization?
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Homework
 Quiz Monday on
map of the United
States
 Find Ch. 1 HW
sheet on website
Do Now
 Fill in U.S. map
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Homework
 Read Ch. 1 sec. 1
and define key
terms
 On Ch. 1 HW sheet,
answer 1-8
 Quiz Monday on U.S
map
Do Now
 How would you
define a
civilization?
Roots of the American
People
Chapter 1
Section 1:
The Earliest
Americans
How Did We Get Here……
 Many scientists believe that the first
people to migrate to the Americas as
early as 100,000 years ago
 Three different theories:
1. Land Bridge Theory (Glaciers)
2. Coastal Route Theory
3. Creation Stories (Native Americans)
The Land-Bridge Theory
 Earliest humans were nomads
 Travel from Siberia over to North
America
 Today = Bering Strait
 Must have been looking for food!
 Visual Aid of the Land Bridge
Theory
 Why did the inhabitants keep
heading south?
 Warmer climate, followed the
animals and better farming terrain.
Coastal Route Theory
 Theory does not take
into account the Land
Bridge Theory
 Early inhabitants must
have traveled along
the coast
 Why is this theory
hard to believe?
Friday, September 11, 2015
Homework
 Study for QUIZ ON
UNITED STATES MAP
Monday! STUDY!!!!!
Do Now
Importance of Farming
 Farming will transform everyday life
 Nomads are now becoming settlers….
 No longer need to go in search of food
 Leads to surplus, trade and city life
Three Early Civilizations
 What characteristics make up a civilization?
 A civilization is an advanced culture in which people
have developed cities, science and industries
 The largest of the early civilizations were the Mayas,
Aztecs and Incas
The Mayas
 Between A.D. 250 and A.D. 900, the
Mayas of Mexico and central
America built temples, pyramids and
palaces.
 Known for:
 System of government, written
language and the development of a
calendar (observation of the stars).
 Mysteriously disappear from their
cities around A.D. 900
 Migration, disease or warfare?!?!
Monday, September 14, 2015
Homework
 On Ch. 1 HW sheet
answer questions 911 for section 1
Do Now
Quiz today!
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Homework
 Review notes and
remind parents
about L.S.
Orientation
 Quiz Friday on
Ch. 1 sec. 1 and 2
Do Now
 Define key terms
for ch. 1 sec. 2
The Aztecs
 Established around the 900s, with it’s
capital city Tenochtitlan (present day
Mexico City)
 The city was an actual island
 Population of 200,000 in the city of
Tenochtitlan
 At the time, most populous city in the
world!!
 Religion continually
dominated every aspect of
Aztec life
 Human sacrifices were
common
 People eventually turned
against the Aztecs which led
to their demise in the 1400s
The Aztecs
Overview of Tenochtitlan
The Impossible City?
The Incas
 Developed in the 1100s along the
coast of South America
 In the Andes Mountains!
 Capital of the Incan Empire was
Cuzco
 Great accomplishments included vast
network of roads and stone buildings
 Roads were used to connect the empire
 Roads were well known in Europe
 By the 1500’s the Incans would be
eventually conquered by the Spanish
The Incas
Wednesday, September 16 2015
Homework
 Study for Quiz
Friday on Ch. 1
Section 1and 2
 On Ch. 1 HW
sheet, Answer
questions 1-6 for
Section 2
Do Now
Section 2:
Cultures of
North America
First Cultures of North America
 North American cultures
became very diverse
 Culture = A way of life
 Life of the North American
continent depended upon
where one lived
 Shelter, food, farming,
clothing….
 For example  Inuits V.
Cherokees
 See Page 13 in TB
 Historians classify these
through culture areas (7)
 Groups with similar way of life
North American Ways of Life
 Both men and women would have different roles
within a particular culture
 Males = Hunters/Traders
 Females = Gathers (collected roots, seeds, nuts
acorns
 Native Americans have a GREAT reverence
to nature
 Creation stories, storytelling and rituals
 They had a god for EVERYTHING!!!!
Thursday, September 16, 2015
Homework
 Study for quiz
tomorrow on Ch. 1
sec. 1 and 2
 Get quiz signed if unde
70
Do Now
 On txbk pg. 15,
answer questions
1a, 1b and 2a
North American Ways of Life
 Importance of agriculture 
able to grow and store food
 Extremely resourceful:
 Pointed sticks for digging
 Bones and shells were used
as shovels
 Dead fish used as fertilizer
 Excellent farming skills lead to
trade
 Items for trade  Shells,
flint, copper & salt
 NOT BIG INTO GOLD!!!!
Major Native American Regions
 Great Plains
 Stretched from the Mississippi
River to the Rocky Mountains
 Hunting and Farming
 Importance of the Buffalo
 Eastern Woodlands
 Home to the Iroquois
 Women highly respected
 Iroquois originally 5 distinct tribes
with 5 different sachems
 Eventually become the
League of Iroquois
Friday, September 18, 2015
Homework
 On Homework
sheet ch. 1 Sec.
2 answer
questions 7 – 12
 Test on ch. 1
Thursday
Do Now
Quiz Today!
Monday, September 21, 2015
Homework
 Test on Ch. 1
Thursday
Do Now
 Define key terms
for sec. 3
Section 3:
Trade Networks
of Asia and
Africa
Trade and Networks of Asia and
Africa
 Trade links three major continents
together
 Europe, Africa and Asia
 China and India brought with them
rare commodities
 By the 1500s, almost all trade went
through the Arabian Peninsula.
 As more trade occurred, more
people were exposed to the religion
of Islam
Islam
 Monotheistic religion
 Emerged in the 600’s from the prophet
Muhammad
 Followers called Muslims, believe in the
Quran (Koran)
 Words spoken to Muhammad by God
 Islam was transmitted rapidly through
CONQUEST and TRADE
 Primarily through Africa
The African Link to Trade
 East African Trade
Center was
Zimbabwe,
flourished in the
1400s
 Traders had to pay
taxes on their goods
 Kilwa – chief trading
center
 Active slave trade
developed between
East Africa and Asia
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Homework
 Study for Test
Thursday on Ch. 1
 Complete ALL
question in Sec. 3
of HW sheet
Do Now
 Start working on
HW sheet
The African Link to Trade
 Ghana 1st major trade center in West Africa
 Traded for salt and gold
 1200s the kingdom absorbed into the empire of Mali
 Mansu Musa – Muslim ruler of Mali, brought Mali to its
height
 Mansu Musa – hajj, or pilgrimmage to the holy city of Mecca
 Empire declined from weak rulers and was replaced by
Songhai
 Songhai rulers captured Timbuktu in A.D. 1468, restored
the city as a center of Islamic learning
East Asian Link in Trade
The Silk Road
 One of the greatest
ancient trade routes
that connected Europe
to Asia
 Not one single road, but
rather a network of
roads
 Leads to Europeans
looking for a faster way
to get to Asia…..