I' The Maya

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I. The Maya
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First Civilization in North America

• 2500 B.C.E. 900 C.E.

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Why First?

• They stopped wandering and GATHERING and stopped
  to FARM. They grew corn, beans, and squash (CBS)
  as their staple crops.

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Farmed
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Corn Beans Squash
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Where did they Live?
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Southern Mexico Guatemala
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Because it was Beautiful!
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The Good Life
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Working and Learning
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And Building..
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And Building..
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And Building.
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II. The First Civilization in North America

• What are Ten Characteristics of a civilization?
  What separated the Maya from cavemen or tribes
  that wandered in search of food?

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List Ten Characteristics of a Civilization

• With a partner list ten characteristics that
  separated the Maya, (and separate us), from
  barbarians or savages.
• 1. 6.
• 2. 7.
• 3. 8.
• 4. 9.
• 5. 10.

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Government
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Farming
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Arts
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Education
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Girls Too!
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Language (Glyphs)
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Inventions
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You Go Girl!
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Commerce/Economy
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Money! Cha Ching - Cha Ching!
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Religion
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Entertainment and.
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SportsPok-A-Tok
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Kind of like soccer
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Except you had your head chopped off if you lost.
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Medicine
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What a headache it is building a civilization.
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III. Foods

• 1. Tortillas

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2. Chocolate
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3. Fish
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4. Turkey
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And a favorite of everyones
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5. Chiwuawau!
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IV. Religion

• 1. Priests were revered as Gods.
• 2. Believed in an afterlife, they had lavish
  funerals, especially for nobles. Like the
  Egyptians in Northern Africa.
• They buried relatives in the basement. (Wheres
  the shovel? Uncle Xebocatls arms and legs are
  everywhere!)
• 3. Babies heads were flattened in the front by
  tying a board around the front of the forehead.
  It distinguished social class.

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SportsPok-A-Tok
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Soccer
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Death
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V. The End

• The decline of the Mayan Empire was between 800
  900 A.D. After 900 A.D. this civilization seems
  to have vanished.
• WHY?

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1.Drought/Starvation
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2. Wars
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3. Loss of faith in leaders (Priests)
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The End