9th Honors 10.20.14

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9th Honors 10.20.14

• Turn in
• The Miniature Earth Reflection
• Take out
• Planner, additional notes, pen/pencil
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can describe how civilizations in Mesoamerica
  began to take shape.

• Todays Agenda
• How did folks settle in Mesoamerica?
• The Olmec and Zapotec Civilizations
• HW
• Maya ReadingNotes
• Textbook Pg. 191 (Online)
• In a paragraph What can we begin to understand
  about the civilizations based on what youre
  seeing? What do you predict is coming next?

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In pairs

• How did people arrive in the Americas?
• What can you tell about Latin America just by
  looking at it?
• Make predictions
• 3. Where will civilizations arise?
• 4. What are some problems that you see?
• 5. Will the civilizations be more powerful than
  civilizations developing in Europe? Why?

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Bering Strait Land Bridge 18-12,000 YA
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The Olmec (1200 bc-400bc) The Mother Culture

• Controlled important trading routes.
• Rubber
• The Rubber People
• Stone

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Olmec Heads
17 discovered thus far Believed to be a likeness
of their leader of the time. No metal tools or
wheela great distance to transport the massive
rocks to be carved.
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Ball Game

• Solid rubber ball, NO HANDS
• Origin of game traced back to mythology
• Keep coolDont lose your head!

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The Olmec
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The Zapotec (1000bc-600ad)

• Agriculture (Corn, squash, beans)
• Calendar
• Hieroglyphic writing
• City Builders

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The Zapotec
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The Zapotec

• The Cloud People
• Benefitted from geography capital (Monte Albon)
  was built in area overlooking the 3 main
  valleyselevation of about 1200 feet
• Believed to have at least 15 other urban centers
• At its height, population of Monte Albon may
  have reached 25,000
• 19th Century London was about 20,000
• Polytheistic
• Decline did not seem violentremnants of the
  civilization

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9th Honors 10.20.14

• Turn in
• The Miniature Earth Reflection
• Take out
• Planner, additional notes, pen/pencil
• Todays Learning Objectives
• I can describe how civilizations in Mesoamerica
  began to take shape.

• Todays Agenda
• How did folks settle in Mesoamerica?
• The Olmec and Zapotec Civilizations
• HW
• Maya ReadingNotes
• Textbook Pg. 191 (Online)
• In a paragraph What can we begin to understand
  about the civilizations based on what youre
  seeing? What do you predict is coming next?