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This week we will begin Topic 9 The Columbian Exchange.

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Essential Question:

What was the relationship between early peoples and their environment?

Learning Objectives

Topic 9.1  The Peoples of North America

Objectives: Describe how hunters and gatherers spread into the North American continent and established their unique ways of living. Explain how distinct cultures were created by early hunters and gatherers moved across the Bering Strait into North America.

Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica

Objectives: Describe how early Mesoamerican civilizations flourished with fully developed political, religious, and social structures. Explain how the Olmec, the first Mesoamerican civilization, appeared around 1200 B.C., and the city of Teotihuacan thrived until A.D. 800. Explain how the Maya and the Toltec were able to rule Mesoamerica for nearly nine centuries. Relate the conditions that helped the Aztecs rule Mesoamerica until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.1 The Peoples of North America
2. Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica
3. Explorers or Conquistador’s Web Quest -

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism
2. Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture
3. Topic 8 SPICE Chart
4. Topic 8 Quiz