Geography
What is geography?
The study of the earth and its people
Explain how the first people came to North America
Where did the Olmec come from
Siberia over the Bering land Bridge
What is the name of when a society is ruled by religious leaders
Theocracy
Why did people come to the U.S.?
Because of the USs large size and geographic diversity
What is a map key
Explains the colors and symbols used on a map
Why is the Bering Land Bridge not currently present
the rise of water levels, ocean covers that land now
What were they famous for
Large stone sculptures/monuments
stone pavementsdrainage systems
What important tool that we use today did the Maya invent?
365 day calendar
List the 5 themes of geography
location, place, human-environmnet interaction, movement and regions
What is migration
the movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
What did Native Americans use different parts of animals for
stone and bone to make tools fro chopping and scraping
skin into clothing
bones into weapons and tools
ribs to build shelters
what does the word Olmec mean/why the name?
Aztec meaning rubber people
They traded rubber throughout Mesoamerica, figured out how to convert latex of rubber tree into shaped and hardened rubber
Discuss the Mayan religion
What is absolute and relative location
absolute=exact spot on earth
relative=describes where that feature is in relation to the features around it
9,000 years ago when animals died what was one thing people in Mexico did
began planting maize
the Western calendar is based off of what?
when Jesus was born
What were the Maya famous for
large monuments and pyramids from stone
The Maya developed the first true what
writing system called hieroglyphics
What do physical maps show
Land forms and water features
What did farming do/allow people to do
People no longer had to move and follow the animals, they were able to settle down
build permanent shelters, make pottery, develop more complex forms of government, form communities, develop common custons and beliefs
BC before Christ
put BC after the year
AD anno domini=in the year of the Lord
Put AD before the yearWhat were the temples used for ontop of the pyramid
religious and governmental centers
Name two possibilities of why the Maya civilization began to decline
slaves revolted against their masters or soil became exhausted by erosion and fire so could not produce enough food