Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 1 

Name: Gabriel Berger

Date:

Class: ☆7th Grade - Medieval World History☆

 
Slides and Notes 
Slide Student Notes

Title  ☆MesoAmerica☆
Discuss the differences between the Incan, Mayan,
Goal 
and Aztec civilizations.

The Olmec  
Civilization  Earliest known major civilization for Mesoamerica

Date  Existed from about 1600-400 BCE

Population  Flourished from 1500 BCE to 400 BCE

They formed a religion that others believed.

Religion  
Quetzalcoatl was a snake god.

The Mayans  
200-900 CE, in the medieval period, but culture
Date 
wasn’t, it was still kind of bronze/stone age

Location  Mexico, Guatemala, Belize

Hieroglyphic writing, astronomy, calendars, math,

team sports and step pyramids (ziggurats.) The sports
Achievements 
were like quidditch, but if you lost, you were
decapitated.

The Incas  
Date  1200-1532 CE (medieval, similar to the Japanese work)

Location  Andes Region, Peru, Ecuador, Chile

 
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Machu Picchu, huge city in Andes Region. They had a

highway system connecting their mountain top cities.
Achievements 
They also needed an efficient government system, so
that between their cities they could keep order.

The Aztecs  
Date  1345 - 1521 CE (Coexisted with Incas, traded a bit.)

Mexican basin, capital city was Tenochtitlan, is

Location 
present-day Mexico city.

Had a thriving economy and monetary system, many

historical codices (codes for government.) Historical
codices were records of battles and such, showed them
Achievements  winning or losing. If they lost, they would take
warriors and cut them, then threw them down the
ziggurat stairs. From making so many cuts, they were
very medically advanced.

Additional Information 

Maya  
Extra Researched Fact:
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this category and 
give one detail 
more.) 

Inca 
Extra Researched Fact:
(Click ONE link in 
this category and 
give one detail 
more.) 

Aztec 
Extra Researched Fact:
(Click ONE link in 
this category and 
give one detail 
more.) 

Videos 

Inca   Video Summary:

(Watch this video,  The Incas lived in the Andes mountain range, one
answer the  popular place was machu picchu. There army

 
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questions/quiz, and  flourished, it was so strong, that no other empire

give a short  really wanted to fight them. They used alpacas as a
summary to the  main mode of transport and they existed from about
right using about 3  1438 to 1532 AD.
sentences.) 

Video Summary:
The Mayans were the first civilization in the
Maya 
Americas. Mostly nomadic, meaning they moved
(Watch this video, 
around rather than having a sedentary-like lifestyle.
answer the 
The Mayans (at their prime) existed in the Yucatan
questions/quiz, and 
Peninsula around 200 to 900 AD. They existed all the
give a short 
way back to around 3000 BC.
summary to the 
right using about 3 
sentences.) 

Video Summary:
Aztec 
The Aztecs were a deadly empire. They were known
(Watch this video, 
for their sacrifices and how they became very
answer the 
medically advanced because of those. They settled
questions/quiz, and 
around lake Texcoco and this was because they
give a short 
spotted a bird on a cactus. They formed alliances and
summary to the 
ruled the Mexican Basin.
right using about 3 
sentences.) 

 
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