the man who "discovered" Guam
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
It's what B.C.E. stands for
What is Before Common Era?
the title given to the Olmec due to their influence on future mesoamerican civilizations
What is mother culture?
a rugged region of mountains & valleys where the Zapotec lived
What is Oaxaca?
The lifeline of any ancient civilization, without it, none of these civilizations would have existed
What are rivers?
Mr. Whatley's favorite pokemon
What is Mew?
the 3 island groups of Oceania
What is Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia?
The two Early Mesoamerican civilizations
What are the Olmec & Zapotec?
this animal was the inspiration for many things in the Olmec culture including sculptures & gods
What is the jaguar?
The Zapotec's biggest achievement, the first of its kind in the Americas
What is Monte Alban (the first urban center)?
The name of this place literally translates to "desert" and served as protection from invaders for the Ancient Egyptians
What is the Sahara?
Mr. Whatley's favorite filipino dish that contains rice noodles, orange-yellow sauce, some shrimp and chicharon, and Jollibee doesn't serve it anymore! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
What is Palabok?
The capital of FSM
What is Pohnpei?
How the people of Mesoamerica arrived to the America in the first place
What is a land bridge?
two most significant sites of the Olmec Civilization
What are San Lorenzo & La Venta?
This system of marking days and nights was first started by the Zapotec and later copied by the Mayans
What is a calendar system?
the languages on the Rosetta Stone
What are Hieroglyphics & Ancient Greek?
This was Mr. Whatley's favorite film in 2023 about the father of the Atomic Bomb
What is Oppenheimer?
The islands of CNMI
What are Saipan, Tinian, and Rota?
The modern-day country that most of Mesoamerica is located
What is Mexico?
This sticky substance was possibly used by the Olmec to put stones together to make their buildings
What is tar?
This is what we believe lead to the decline of the Zapotec
What is loss of trade or other economic difficulties?
The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time who was bestowed upon them by the blessing of the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The city that Mr. Whatley's favorite basketball team is from
What is San Francisco?
The CHamoru name of Tumon
What is Tomhom?
The later Mesoamerican civilizations inluenced by the Olmec & Zapotec
Who are the Aztec & Mayan?
The modern-day Mexican states that the Olmec civilization once lived
What is Veracruz & Tabasco?
The peak population of Monte Alban
What is 25,000?
Hey remember Hammurabi? Did you know he was the king of this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia
What is Babylon?
Mr. Whatley's favorite quote which goes like this:
A king once asked a poet to write something that could make him both happy AND sad. A day later, the poet came back to the king with this simple response for when he was feeling too happy or when he was feeling too sad
What is "and this, too, shall pass"?