Maya Civilization

Early Human Migration
GRAPES Review

Who were the first humans?

Poll

How many years have humans lived on Earth?

I think humans have lived on Earth for ___

• 200 years

• 2,000 years

• 200,000 years

• 2,000,000 years

Humans have lived on Earth for:

• 200,000 years

• Historians believe the first humans lived in East Africa 200,000 years ago.
  
  

Multiple Choice

How long have humans lived on Earth?

• 2,000 years

• 200,000 years

Multiple Choice

Which continent did humans first live on?

• North America

• Africa

Draw

Circle the continent where humans first existed.

Draw

Circle Asia and North America

Poll

Are Asia and North America close to each other?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Are Asia and North America close to each other?

• Yes

• No

Ice Age

More than fifteen thousand years ago, huge sheets of ice covered much of Canada and

the northern United States.

In some places the ice was thousands of feet thick. 

Beringia

Some lands that are now under water were dry. That’s why dry land once connected Asia to North America. During the Ice Age, this dry land formed an area that scientists today call Beringia or the “land bridge.” 

Multiple Choice

The land bridge that connected Asia and North America is called

• Beringia.

• the Arctic Circle

• Nunavut

• the Four Corners

Multiple Choice

Beringia was:

• a metal bridge

• dry land

• water

Multiple Choice

What two Continents were connected by Beringia?

• Europe and North America

• Asia and North America

• North and South America

Multiple Choice

Where did the first Humans come from?

• Africa

• Australia

• Europe

Multiple Choice

The earliest Americans came

• from Asia

• with the Vikings

• with Columbus

• from England

Multiple Choice

How did humans get from Asia to North America?

• They sailed across the ocean from Europe

• They flew in a plane from Africa to North America

• They walked across Beringia, a land bridge

Surviving in Beringia

Only tiny plants grew in Beringia. There were no towns, no stores, and no government, just a huge, cold wilderness. 

Draw

Trace a route how people walked from Africa to Asia to North America.

So how did people in Beringia live?

They had to look for plants and animals to eat. Small groups of just a few families, perhaps twenty-five to fifty people, helped each other as they moved around in search of food. People who live this way are called hunter-gatherers. 

Finding Food

While the women and children of the Ice Age looked for plants and berries, the men and older boys hunted. They tracked herds of mammoth and musk ox back and forth across Beringia. 

Multiple Choice

How did hunter-gatherers find food?

• They went to the supermarket

• They followed herds and hunted animals

• They grew crops

Hunter Gatherers are nomads, these people did not have a permanent home, instead following large animal herds over land

Multiple Choice

Hunter gatherers

• moved around and had no permanent home

• stayed in one place in a home

The Ice Age Ends

About fourteen thousand years ago, the ice sheets began to melt. The Ice Age was ending. Hunters could now follow herds of animals farther and farther into North America. First they spread across most of what is now Alaska. Then they moved south, through what is now western Canada. 

Moving South

Between nine thousand and fifteen thousand years ago, groups of hunter-gatherers spread out through this new world. Little by little, they moved into the ice-free parts of North America. They walked everywhere—and traveled all the way to South America’s southern tip! 

Multiple Choice

Because the ice was melting....

• People could travel further into North America.

• People were trapped in Alaska.

• People were cold.

Multiple Choice

In which direction did people move?

• North

• South

• West

• East

Multiple Choice

Is it possible to walk from Asia to North America now?

• no

• yes

Multiple Choice

Why can't you walk from Asia to North America?

• The land is covered by water

• There is ice blocking the path

People traveled throughout North and South America and lived in the different regions.

Native Americans

Thousands of years passed. Groups of people moved from one place to another. As they moved, they learned to live in their new homes. They learned to use the resources available to them. They developed hundreds of languages. Their ways of life changed to fit the different parts of North and South America where they lived. Today, we consider these people Native Americans. 

Multiple Choice

The first people to live in North and South America are called:

• Native Americans

• Asian Americans

• Citizens

• Tribes

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​Civilizations:

• spoke the same language;

• had similar beliefs about the world and nature—about how the world started, why certain things happen, etc.;

• lived near one another, often in towns or perhaps cities, and had the same way of living;

• agreed to live by certain rules or laws; and

• had a form of writing.​

Multiple Choice

Do we live in a civilization?

• Yes

• No

​A Civilization HAS to have all pieces of GRAPES to be a civilization.

Yucatán Peninsula​

​The Yucatán Peninsula is a region in Central America. The Gulf of Mexico lies on its western and northern sides. The Caribbean Sea lies on its eastern side.

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The northern part of the Yucatán is in Mexico. Belize and a part of Guatemala are in the south.

Open Ended

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER: Can you list all the correct categories for the GRAPES acrynoym?

• city= large town at center of civilization

  • ​near major transportation source

  • center for trade

  • high population

  • important buildings

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Geography

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Multiple Choice

What is geography?

• Earth's physical features

• equator

• grid system

• animal biomes

• set of shared spiritual beliefs

• belief in 1 or more gods

• helped explain world around them​

• linked to gov.

• ​right to rule came from gods

​7 - Religion

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Multiple Choice

What is religion?

• System of beliefs

• The downfall of a society

• The king

• Accomplishments

• form of communication used for written records

  • laws

  • farming records

  • calendars

  • religious documents​

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​3 - Writing

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• inventions created to make civ. more advanced

• benefited society

• large scale projects:

  • roads

  • water syst.

  • city walls​

​6 - Public Works / Technology

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• temples, tombs, palaces

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• displayed values of culture, & talent​

​8 - Art & Architecture

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Multiple Choice

What is an achievement?

• Invention

• Widespread disease

• Animals

• Spanish conquistadors

• laws create & keep order in society

• ruled by kings /emperors

• chosen by gods​

• organized military for protection

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Politics

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Multiple Choice

What is politics?

• government

• system of beliefs

• accomplishments

• social structure

Multiple Choice

Does having a government and set of laws help a civilization run better or worse?

• Better

• Worse

Multiple Choice

What is the economy

• social structure

• accomplishments

• how people get what they need or want

• government

• groups of people within different levels in society

• highest = priests/rulers

• ​middle = merchants/ skilled workers

• ​lowest = slaves / poor

Society

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Open Ended

What is a civilization?

A civilization is a group of people living together that have ________