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The America

Published on Dec 09, 2015

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MESOAMERICA

  • They learned that seeds could be planted and they would grow into crops that people could eat
  • The first crops grown in the Americas included pumpkins, peppers, squash, gourds, and beans.

TEOTIHUACAN

IT HAD A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 120,000 TO 200,000 PEOPLE. AS TEOTIHUACÁN’S POWER SPREAD, A PEOPLE CALLED THE MAYA (MY • UH) BUILT ANOTHER CIVI- LIZATION IN THE STEAMY RAIN FORESTS OF THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA (YOO • KUH • TAN).

Cuzco
North of Mesoamerica, Native Americans developed their own ways of living.
Farming in what would someday be the United States began in the American Southwest.

CAHOKIA

  • The largest city, Cahokia (kuh • HOH•kee•uh), may have had 30,000 people.
  • The largest city, Cahokia (kuh • HOH•kee•uh), may have had 30,000 people.