Slides to accompany Ch 9, The Americas: A separate World, in World History: Patterns of Interaction by McDougal Littell.

1. The Americas
40,000 BCE — 700 CE
Chapter 9

2. 1. Explain how the first inhabitants migrated to the
Americas, and describe what early American
cultures were like
2. Compare and contrast the Olmec and Zapotec, and
evaluate the contributions they made to later
civilizations
3. Describe the first people of the Andes, focusing on
the rise of the Nazca and Moche civilizations

4. last Ice Age
110,000 years ago — 9000 BCE

5. last Ice Age
40,000 — 10,000 BCE 110,000 years ago — 9000 BCE

7. Olmec, 900 BCE
Chavin, 900 BCE

9. Zapotec, 500 BCE

11. Nazca, 200 BCE

13. Moche, 100 CE

15. The Earliest Americans

17. Hunters
and
Gatherers

18. Hunters
and
Gatherers

19. Hunters
and
Gatherers

20. Hunters
and
Gatherers

21. Hunters
and
Gatherers

22. Hunters
and
Gatherers

23. Hunters
and
Gatherers

26. Early Mesoamerican
Civilizations

27. Olmec 1200 — 400 BCE

28. San Lorenzo, La Venta,
1150 BCE 900 BCE

29. Jade

30. Zapotec
500 BCE — Monte Alban
present

31. Funerary urn
Bat God
or jaguar

32. Compare and contrast the
Olmec Zapotec

33. How do the factors of government,
geography, migration, and culture
contribute to creating a Classical
civilization?

34. Early
Civilizations
of the Andes

35. Chavin
No writing, but
900 — 200 BCE
advanced metallurgy

36. Chavin
No writing, but
900 — 200 BCE
advanced metallurgy

37. Chavin
No writing, but
900 — 200 BCE
advanced metallurgy

38. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

39. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

40. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

41. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

42. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

43. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

44. Nazca
Nazca Lines &
300 BCE — 800 CE
underground aqueducts

45. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

46. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

47. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

48. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

49. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

50. Moche
100 — 800 CE No written language

52. last Ice Age
110,000 years ago — 9000 BCE

53. last Ice Age
40,000 — 10,000 BCE 110,000 years ago — 9000 BCE

55. Olmec, 900 BCE
Chavin, 900 BCE

57. Zapotec, 500 BCE

59. Nazca, 200 BCE

61. Moche, 100 CE

63. What environmental challenges did the
earliest Americans face, and how did
they adapt, improvise, and overcome?