Island JAMZ
God Mes O' America!
Ooooooolmec-arena
Zapp & Otec
Gettin' Civily With It
Tony! Toni! Tone!
100

the man who "discovered" Guam

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

100

It's what B.C.E. stands for

What is Before Common Era?

100

the title given to the Olmec due to their influence on future mesoamerican civilizations

What is mother culture?

100

a rugged region of mountains & valleys where the Zapotec lived

What is Oaxaca?

100

The lifeline of any ancient civilization, without it, none of these civilizations would have existed

What are rivers?

100

Mr. Whatley's favorite pokemon

What is Mew?

200

the 3 island groups of Oceania

What is Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia?

200

The two Early Mesoamerican civilizations

What are the Olmec & Zapotec?

200

this animal was the inspiration for many things in the Olmec culture including sculptures & gods

What is the jaguar?

200

The Zapotec's biggest achievement, the first of its kind in the Americas

What is Monte Alban (the first urban center)?

200

The name of this place literally translates to "desert" and served as protection from invaders for the Ancient Egyptians

What is the Sahara?

200

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?

300

The capital of FSM

What is Pohnpei?

300

How the people of Mesoamerica arrived to the America in the first place

What is a land bridge?

300

two most significant sites of the Olmec Civilization

What are San Lorenzo & La Venta?

300

This system of marking days and nights was first started by the Zapotec and later copied by the Mayans

What is a calendar system?

300

the languages on the Rosetta Stone

What are Hieroglyphics & Ancient Greek?

300

This was Mr. Whatley's favorite film in 2023 about the father of the Atomic Bomb

What is Oppenheimer?

400

The islands of CNMI

What are Saipan, Tinian, and Rota?

400

The modern-day country that most of Mesoamerica is located

What is Mexico?

400

This sticky substance was possibly used by the Olmec to put stones together to make their buildings

What is tar?

400

This is what we believe lead to the decline of the Zapotec

What is loss of trade or other economic difficulties?

400

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?

400

The city that Mr. Whatley's favorite basketball team is from

What is San Francisco?

500

The CHamoru name of Tumon

What is Tomhom?

500

The later Mesoamerican civilizations inluenced by the Olmec & Zapotec

Who are the Aztec & Mayan?

500

The modern-day Mexican states that the Olmec civilization once lived

What is Veracruz & Tabasco?

500

The peak population of Monte Alban

What is 25,000?

500

Hey remember Hammurabi? Did you know he was the king of this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia

What is Babylon?

500

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"?

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