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Geography
Geography/prehistory
Prehistory/calendars
Olmec/Maya
Maya
100

What is geography?

The study of the earth and its people

100
What do political maps show?
Names and political boundaries of countries as well as human made features like cities
100

Explain how the first people came to North America

Hunters and gatherers from Siberia/Russia crossed the Bering Land Bridge to Alaska. They were following wild animals to hunt
100

Where did the Olmec come from

Siberia over the Bering land Bridge

100

What is the name of when a society is ruled by religious leaders

Theocracy

200

Why did people come to the U.S.?

Because of the USs large size and geographic diversity

200

What is a map key

Explains the colors and symbols used on a map

200

Why is the Bering Land Bridge not currently present

the rise of water levels, ocean covers that land now

200

What were they famous for

Large stone sculptures/monuments

stone pavements

drainage systems


200

What important tool that we use today did the Maya invent?

365 day calendar

300

List the 5 themes of geography

location, place, human-environmnet interaction, movement and regions

300

What is migration

the movement of a large number of people into a new homeland

300

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

300

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

300

Discuss the Mayan religion

gods controlled everything that happened on earth and the priests held great power becasue they were the only people who knew the god's wishes
400

What is absolute and relative location

absolute=exact spot on earth

relative=describes where that feature is in relation to the features around it

400

9,000 years ago when animals died what was one thing people in Mexico did

began planting maize

400

the Western calendar is based off of what?

when Jesus was born

400

What were the Maya famous for

large monuments and pyramids from stone

400

The Maya developed the first true what

writing system called hieroglyphics

500

What do physical maps show

Land forms and water features

500

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

500
Explain B.C. and A.D.

BC before Christ

put BC after the year

AD anno domini=in the year of the Lord

Put AD before the year
500

What were the temples used for ontop of the pyramid

religious and governmental centers

500

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