guatemala. where is guatemala? guatemala capital of guatemala: guatemala city
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Where is Guatemala?
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Capital of Guatemala: Guatemala City
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Capital of Guatemala: Guatemala City
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Capital of Guatemala: Guatemala City
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Mayan Civilization
• A.D. 250 and A.D. 900
• They built pyramids, palaces, temples, markets, and shrines
• They created the only fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas
• They also created art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems
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Mayan Buildings
• Surprisingly massive Mayan structures were built without advanced technologies
• They didn’t have animals necessary for wheel-based modes of transportation, metal tools and even pulleys
• How did they do it? – People: It took a lot of people power – Materials: limestone from local quarries
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Tikal: One of the largest
and oldest Mayan citiy
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Q: How many days in Mayan year
Q: How long does it take the Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?
Video of earth around the sunhttp://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm?chapter_no=04
A: 360 days
A: 365 1⁄4 solar days to make one
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What is an aqueduct?
An aqueduct is a large pipe or channel for bringing water from one place to another.
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The Mayan language was a picture language. What is the name for such a
language?
Hieroglyphics
Maya inscriptions were most often written in columns two glyphs wide, with each such column read left to right, top to bottom
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Mayan Script
• In English, all of our words are formed from combinations of only 26 signs—that list of letters we call an Alphabet.
• All Maya words are formed from various combinations of nearly 800 signs, and each sign represents a full syllable—so that list of signs is called a Syllabary, not an Alphabet
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Mayan Astronomers
• The Mayans were incredible astronomers even though they did not have telescopes
• They were able to:– predict solar and lunar eclipses– trace the path of planets
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What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks the Sun’s light from the moon.
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What is a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun’s light from some areas of the Earth.
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Economy
• Guatemala’s economy is based on agriculture
• Agricultural exports include: coffee, bananas, and sugar.
Most rural houses do not have any electricity or running water
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Are coffee and bananas native to Guatemala?
• No
• There was Coffee in Ethiopia before A.D. 1000; also in Arabia by the 15th century, and had reached Europe and then North America by the 17th century
• Bananas are native to tropical Asia
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History of coffee
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REVIEW
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What is the capital of Canada?
a) Ottawa
b) Toronto
c) New York City
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Quebec is the largest province in Canada. What is the official language in Quebec?
a) English
b) French
c) Spanish
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What food plant was first cultivated in Mexico around 7000 BC?
a) Potatoes
b) Corn
c) Radishes
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Find Mexico
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Mexico
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When as the United States Declarationof Independence (written mainly by
Thomas Jefferson) adopted?
a) July 4, 1776
b) July 4, 1876
c) July 14, 1776