Question 1

Examine the influences of the Austronesians in the history of Oceania.What factors might have driven the Austronesians to explore and colonize the Pacific Ocean?

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Question 2

Examine Map 6.3,Early societies of Oceania,1500 B.C.E.-700 C.E.How were the inspirations for exploration and colonization linked to the geography of the area? Discuss the role played by the Austronesians in this process.

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Question 3

Examine the Popol Vuh.What can this work tell us about the religious world of the Maya? Compare it to other creation stories studied so far in the class.

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Question 4

Look at Map 6.1,Early Mesoamerican societies,1200 B.C.E.-1100 C.E.What was the geographical relationship between the Olmecs,Maya,and Teotihuacan? Were the contributions of these societies influenced by geography?

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Question 5

Compare and contrast the political and social structures of the Americas and Oceania.Were these societies shaped differently by isolation?

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Question 6

Describe Olmec societal structures.What cultural and societal traditions did the Olmecs pass on to later Mesoamerican societies?

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Explore the political and social diversity of Oceania.What factors allowed for these differences?

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Look at the picture of Teotihuacan on page 120.How populous and powerful was this city? Discuss the importance of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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Question 9

Examine the relationship between Mesoamerica and South America.Why was there not more contact between the two areas?

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Question 10

How did the state of Chichén Itzá change Mesoamerican society? How did its strategy for expansion differ from other states and kingdoms?

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Question 11

What factors help to explain the relative scarcity of information about the early history of the Americas and Oceania? What tools do historians use to study these societies?

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Question 12

Compare and contrast the political,social,and religious diversity of Mesoamerica and South America.How did government,social structure,and religion differ from region to region?

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Question 13

How did a changing climate affect the earliest inhabitants of Mesoamerica?

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Question 14

In what fundamental ways did the Mesoamerican and South American societies differ from those of Oceania? What did they have in common?

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Question 15

What factors allowed for the exploration and settlement of Oceania? Did these societies change over time?

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Question 16

What would have caused the societies of the Americas and Oceania to be so different from other societies studied so far? What areas did they have in common?

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Question 17

Discuss the richness and complexity of Maya culture,centering on their accomplishments in writing,astronomy,and math.

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Question 18

Explore the influence of the Olmecs on Mesoamerican society.What were the major foundations of Olmec civilization? How did they influence other societies?

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Question 19

What factors might explain the decline and collapse of Mesoamerican societies such as the Olmecs and the Maya? Why is the decline of these two societies so mysterious?

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Question 20

Look at Map 6.2,Early societies of Andean South America,1000 B.C.E.-700 C.E.Discuss the relationship to water of these early South American societies.Discuss the problems of communications between Mesoamerica and South America as well as within South America itself.

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Quiz 6: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania