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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 2 

Name: Jacob Anderman

Date: 2/20/18

Class: 7th Grade - Medieval World History


 
Slides and Notes 
Slide Student Notes

Title  ☆ MesoAmerican Geography ☆


Study the locations, landforms, and climates of
Mexico, Central America, and South America and their
Goal 
effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade,
and development of urban societies.

Define: 
The complex societies of Middle and South America
MesoAmerican
that developed before the arrival of Europeans.
Civilizations

The Mayans  
Jungles  Tropical rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Food?
Food came from Jungle & Ocean

What are cenotes?


Food and Water  A water sinkhole used for sacrificial offerings.

How did the Mayans feel about cenotes?


That they were holy.

Isolated urban centers called, city states.

Isolated  Why was this area isolated?


Because of the jungles

The Aztecs  

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 2 

Wide, high valley in the mountains of Central Mexico.


Mexico 
Called themselves the Mexica.

Why is agriculture important?


Allows you to stay, have a surplus of food during
winter, and grow your population
Fertile Soil 
What are Chinampas?
Floating gardens

Lakes?
Yes
Natural Defenses 
Mountains?
Yes

The Incas  
Which mountain range?
High Mountains  Andes
South America 

Why defensible?
Defenses  On top of mountains

Human ingenuity created roads, aqueducts, and


terraces to solve problems.
Terraces 
Roads solved the problem of communication.
Aqueducts solved the problem of irrigation.
Terraces solved the problem of agriculture.

Video 

Video Summary Paragraph Starter:

The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations shared


MesoAmerica 
values of education, engineering, and creative
Geography​ Video 
thinking. For example, the Mayans made their own
city states because the jungle made it hard to
communicate and form a government. The incas made

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 2 

a central government with roads connecting their


cities on top of mountains which made their culture
have really fast runners. The Aztecs made floating
gardens because they needed agriculture in order to
survive.

 
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