7th Grade Social Studies

  • Period: 500 to

    Eary Civilization to Civil War

    changeing timeline project for 7th Grade Social Studies at SFA.
  • Mayan Civilization
    Jan 1, 600

    Mayan Civilization

    The Mayan Civilization lived in Southern Mexico. They built cities and temples. The civilization dissapeared because of a lack of resources.
  • Leif Ericson and Vikings reach Norh America
    Jan 1, 1000

    Leif Ericson and Vikings reach Norh America

    The Vikings lands West of Greenland in the 800s aand 900s. Ruins from around that period exists in Northern Canda, which could support the sagas.
  • Crusades
    Jan 1, 1095

    Crusades

    Maco Polo an Italian explorer who returned from china in the late1200s., Polo wrote about Asia's people, great riches, and splendid cities in his book,Travels, which was wwidely read in Europe and ended in 1291.
  • Marco Polo reaches China.
    Oct 11, 1275

    Marco Polo reaches China.

    The book Travels appeared in printed form in 1477. The book gave pepole a description of faraway places. Polo reached China in 1275.
  • Renaissance
    Jan 1, 1300

    Renaissance

    the word Renaissance means Rebirth in French. It is the Rebirth of intrest in Classical greek and roman ideas. The renaissance spread across Europe over the next to centuries and it ended in 1600.
  • Aztec Civilization
    Jan 1, 1360

    Aztec Civilization

    They controled aeras covering hundreds of square miles. they built grand cities in defense forests and on high mountains.
  • Inca Civilization
    Jan 1, 1490

    Inca Civilization

    The Inca people founded their capital city of Cuzco around 1200. In 1438 the emperor Pachucuti came to the throne.
  • Chirstopher Colubus discovers Armerica
    Oct 14, 1492

    Chirstopher Colubus discovers Armerica

    Christopher Colubus discovered America on October 12, 1492, he shouted ( Tierra,Tierra) (Land, Land). He spotted a small island in the chain now called the Bahamas.
  • Line of Demaracation
    Oct 14, 1494

    Line of Demaracation

    Imaginary line that reachwd from the North Pole to the South Pole, and cut through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Spain was to controlled all lands west of the line, and Portugal would control all lands east of the line.