https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/a/activity-opener-networks-in-the-americas 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Networks in the Americas Imagine you're a thirteenth-century trader in the Americas. What goods would you like to trade on your journey, and why? article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/a/article-long-distance-trade-in-the-americas 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Long-Distance Trade in the Americas All societies in the Americas engaged in trade. Mesoamerica is a great place to start looking for evidence of extensive long-distance trade networks before 1500 CE. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/v/watch-the-world-of-chaco-world-history-project 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z World of Chaco From 850 to 1150 CE, an Indigenous American people called the Ancestral Pueblo made Chaco Canyon the center of their cultural world. For hundreds of miles in every direction, other communities emulated the ideas and architecture of Chaco. Archaeologists have found surprising evidence of long-distance trade networks linking Chaco Canyon with societies thousands of miles away. Why did the Ancestral Puebloans choose to live in Chaco Canyon, and how did they learn to thrive in this challenging environment? To find answers to these questions, we spoke with archaeologist Kurt Anschuetz and the former governor of Acoma Pueblo, Brian Vallo. Website: https://www.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ZCdwTudJg6e6n-P2gsaUborP4izvMsGo71pvEVlX9dNYWcLXcP7VHkWpn2grt4TUP1KoJLQP9NswyHBuBLSFTBw World of Chaco From 850 to 1150 CE, an Indigenous American people called the Ancestral Pueblo made Chaco Canyon the center of their cultural world. For hundreds of miles in every direction, other communities emulated the ideas and architecture of Chaco. Archaeologists have found surprising evidence of long-distance trade networks linking Chaco Canyon with societies thousands of miles away. Why did the Ancestral Puebloans choose to live in Chaco Canyon, and how did they learn to thrive in this challenging environment? To find answers to these questions, we spoke with archaeologist Kurt Anschuetz and the former governor of Acoma Pueblo, Brian Vallo. Website: https://www.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/KZvmVEBbH7Q.mp4/KZvmVEBbH7Q.mp4 914 Trade Routes in the Americas | 6.6 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/a/activity-mapping-trade-in-the-americas 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Mapping Trade in the Americas Use the information you've learned in this lesson to map out trade connections in the Americas, beginning in Chaco Canyon. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/a/activity-closer-map-sketch 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Map Sketch Use a map sketch to explain the expansion of trade and the ways that these routes shaped cities, states, and the cultures with which they intersected. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:trade-routes-in-the-americas-6-6/e/6-5-and-6-6-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Trade Routes in the Americas Practice what you learned for lessons 6.5 and 6.6! Jessica Shattuck exercise