Third Period
Ms. Gooden
The Meeting of Cultures: Chapter 1
Keyword- K | Information- I | Memory Clues- M | I. The Meeting of Cultures | | ;[= | II. America Before Columbus | | | III. The Civilizations of the South | | | IV. The Civilizations of the North | | | V. Tribal Cultures | | | VI. Europe Looks Westward | | | VII. Commerce and Nationalism | | | VIII. Christopher Columbus | | | IX. The Conquistadors | | | X. The Spanish Empire | | | XI. Northern Outposts | | | XII. The Empire at High Tide | | | XIII. Biological and Cultural Exchanges | | | XIV. Africa and America | | | XV. The Arrival of the English | | | XVI. The Commercial Incentive | | | XVII. The Religious Incentive | | | XVIII. The English in Ireland | | | XIX. The French and the Dutch in America | | | XX. The First English Settlements | | | XXI. Roanoke | | |
Start at the Worldviews Web site. Click on the Introduction link, then scroll down and read the information on Maya Writing & Symbolism and Maya Civilization. Use this information to answer the following questions. 1 | | Where was the Classic Maya civilization located? | 2 | | What kinds of images appear on Maya ceramics? | 3 | | Next, click on "The Cosmos" link. How do researchers know that the ceramics were actually used? | 4 | | Which kind of ceramic is more likely to have images of the cosmos? | 5 | | Using the description here and any information from the Web site as a whole, offer some reasons why certain kinds of ceramics contain specific images (such as the