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U.S. HISTORY TO 1877

U.S. HISTORY TO 1877. CONVERGING CULTURES. Converging Cultures. CONVERGING CULTURES. The Asian Migration to America Why did scientists believe that the earliest Americans migrated from Asia?. Converging Cultures.

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U.S. HISTORY TO 1877

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  1. U.S. HISTORY TO 1877 CONVERGING CULTURES

  2. Converging Cultures

  3. CONVERGING CULTURES • The Asian Migration to America • Why did scientists believe that the earliest Americans migrated from Asia?

  4. Converging Cultures • Earliest Americans crossed land bridge from Asia to Americas via the Bering Strait. • Possibly nomads searching for food. • What did the nomads hunt?

  5. Converging Cultures

  6. Converging Cultures • Early Civilizations of Mesoamerica • Agricultural Revolution leads to: • No more nomads • Permanent villages • Governments • Social classes emerge (skilled workers) • New technologies • Cutting, digging, grinding tools • Pottery (storage) • AND……….

  7. Converging Cultures • CIVILIZATIONS!

  8. Converging Cultures • Civilizations of the Americas • The Olmec and the Maya • Olmec • Near Mexico • Developed villages, temples, pyramids • Built monuments of heads weighing 20 tons

  9. Converging Cultures • The Maya • Culture spread to central and southern Mexico • Talent in engineering and mathematics • Created calendars linked to position of stars • What Movie is linked to the Mayan calendar stating that the world was going to end?

  10. Converging Cultures • RIGHT!!!

  11. Converging Cultures • The Toltec and the Aztec • Toltec • Master architects • First Native Americans to use copper and gold for art and jewelry

  12. Converging Cultures • The Aztec • Established city of Tenochtitlan (tay-nawch-tet-lahn) in present day Mexico • Took the name Aztec from Aztlan • Strong in military • Conquered cities and demanded tribute or payment • Used people as human sacrifices in religious ceremonies • Ruled over 5 million

  13. Converging Cultures • NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES • The Hohokam • Present day south central Arizona • Created elaborate irrigation system • Created the world’s first etchings using cactus juice • Vanished by 1500 due to floods, wars and emigration

  14. Converging Cultures • The Anasazi • Present day Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico • Name means “ancient one” • Built multi-story buildings of adobe and cut stone • The Mississippian Culture • Began in the Mississippi River Valley • Culture spread from St. Louis to Moundville, Alabama and Etowah Georgia. • Epidemic led to devastation of culture

  15. QUIZ TIME!!!!!! • Take out a sheet of paper!! • Upper left hand corner of your paper, write your: • First and last name • Ms. Brown • ---10th grade U.S. History (1-1 quiz) • Date (Day, Month, Year)

  16. You have 30 seconds to answer a question from each slide. Write the letter answer only. Good Luck!!! • 1. The earliest Americans crossed a land bridge from Asia to the Americas via the _______ • A. Strait of Gibraltar • B. Bering Strait • C. Pacific Ocean • D. Alaskan Peninsula

  17. Keep Going!!!!!! • 2. Nomads hunted________ • A. Deer • B. Bison • C. Both A and B • D. Fish

  18. Only 7 more to go!!! • 3. The Agricultural Revolution led to _______________ • A. Governments and new technologies • B. A decrease in the Native American populations • C. More deaths in the villages • D. The spread of new diseases

  19. Just keep swimming…just keep swimming. Just… keep swimming…swimming …swimming… what do we do….we swim…swim….!! • 4. The_________were known for building monuments of heads weighing up to 20 tons. • A. The Aztec • B. The Hohokam • C. The Olmec • D. The Anasazi

  20. Keep going!!!! You’re almost done!!! • 5.The _______________created calendars linked to the position of stars. • A. The Toltec • B. The Chichimec • C. The Maya • D. The Aztec

  21. Don’t give up!!!!! You can do it!!!! • 6.The _______were the first Native Americans to use copper and gold for art and Jewerly. • A. The Iroquois • B. The Adena • C. The Toltec • D. The Maya

  22. Almost done!!! • 7. The_____________were known for using human sacrifices in religious ceremonies. • A. The Aztec • B. The Toltec • C. The Cherokee • D. The Creek

  23. Almost done…… • 8.The _____________created elaborate irrigation systems for use in farm lands. • A. The Hohokam • B. The Maya • C. The Aztec • D. The Cherokee

  24. Get that A!!!! • 9.The_________built multi-story buildings of adobe. • A. The Adena • B. The Maya • C. The Anasazi • D. The Chichimec

  25. YOU DID IT!!!!! WAY TO GO!!! GREAT JOB!!! WWWHHOOOOOO!!!!! • 10. The ______________________began in the Mississippi River Valley and spread to Moundville, Alabama. • A. The Cherokee • B. The Mississippian Culture • C. The Adena • D. The Hopewell

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