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Maya

Maya. Warm-up for Friday, May 2. Imagine you are seeing the person in this photo in real life. Who is s/he? Where is s/he? Where are you? Write a paragraph of at least 5 sentences describing the scene. List three adjectives that describe this picture. What do you think this is?

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Maya

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  1. Maya

  2. Warm-up for Friday, May 2 Imagine you are seeing the person in this photo in real life. Who is s/he? Where is s/he? Where are you? Write a paragraph of at least 5 sentences describing the scene.

  3. List three adjectives that describe this picture. • What do you think this is? • Where do you think this is located?

  4. List three adjectives that describe this picture. • What do you think this is? • Where do you think this is located?

  5. List three adjectives that describe this picture. • What do you think this is? • Where do you think this is located?

  6. List three adjectives that describe this picture. • What do you think this is? • Where do you think this is located?

  7. List three adjectives that describe this picture. • What do you think this is? • Where do you think this is located?

  8. Warm-up for Monday, May 5 • Many Americans think of Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for May 5th) as “the Mexican Fourth of July,” but it’s not. It actually celebrates a famous battle. • Over 100 years ago, France started a war with Mexico.  In the Mexican city of Puebla, two forts blocked the advance of the French troops.  There were about 6,000 French and 2,000 Mexican soldiers.  • On May 5, 1862, the French attacked the two forts.  Before the day was over, one of the forts was destroyed and more than 1,000 French soldiers were killed.  The Mexicans had won the battle.  This battle is known as the Battle of Puebla. • The battlefield is now a city parkwith a war museum. Cinco de Mayo continues to be celebrated with parades, dancing and special foods.

  9. But for us, today is also… Cinco de MAYA!!!!

  10. Warm-up for Tuesday, May 6 The capital city of the Aztecs A farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land Corn The signs and symbols that made up the Mayan writing system • Tenochtitlan • slash-and-burn agriculture • maize • hieroglyphics

  11. Warm-up for Thursday, May 8 • The Aztecs built _________ on a swampy island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. • The Maya used _________ to record information in books made from the bark of fig trees. • Clearing the land by cutting down trees, then burning the stumps is called ______________. • _________ was the major crop of the Maya.

  12. MayaAztec

  13. Warm-up for Friday, May 9 • People of a powerful South American empire during the 1400s and 1500s • A mountain chain of western South America • The capital city of the Incan Empire, located in present-day Peru • A group of knotted strings used by the Incas to record information • Steplike ledges cut into mountains to make land suitable for farming • Incas • Andes • Cuzco • quipu • terraces

  14. Geography of the Incas

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