https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k Made with an open mind en-us 2018-02-26 14:17:38 UTC 2026-03-15 23:57:38 UTC hello@padlet.com josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235359015 The Mayans played a game called pok-a-tok like the Olmec did.]]> 2018-02-26 14:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235359015 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235846733 The Maya Civilization, at its peak, covered the Yucatan Peninsula and stretched down to the northern parts of El Salvador and Honduras.]]> 2018-02-27 13:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235846733 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235848784 The people of the Maya Civilization believed in multiple gods, so their religion was polytheistic. (sun god, maize god ]]> 2018-02-27 13:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235848784 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235849358 The Mayans invented the idea of the number zero and an accurate calendar.]]> 2018-02-27 13:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235849358 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235850442 Around 800 C.E. the Maya began to abandon their cities and their population declined. The reason for these events are unknown, but could be due to disease, war, or a lack of food.]]> 2018-02-27 13:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235850442 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235851787 The Olmec people played a game called pok-a-tok.]]> 2018-02-27 13:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235851787 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235872982 The people of the Olmec Civilizations believed in multiple gods, so their religion was polytheistic. (sun god, maize god)]]> 2018-02-27 14:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235872982 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235874500 The Olmec Civilization flourished in the southern region of Mesoamerica.]]> 2018-02-27 14:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/235874500 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236398819 The big stone heads that the Olmec made are a mystery to us why they were made. ]]> 2018-02-28 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236398819 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236400798 The Olmec Civilization is known as the Mother Culture to the other civilizations, because it came first and influenced the civilizations to come.]]> 2018-02-28 14:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236400798 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236896998 The Aztec people believed in multiple gods, and practiced human sacrifice because the believed that the gods needed to be fed in order to do their jobs.]]> 2018-03-01 13:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236896998 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236898699 For two hundred years the Aztecs were nomadic, but the eventually settled down in the Valley of Mexico.]]> 2018-03-01 13:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236898699 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236899418 The Aztecs sent the children to school, because they knew they would need engineers, builders, and other specialist to build Tenochtitlan. ]]> 2018-03-01 14:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236899418 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236900859 The Aztec lived in a swampy area that wasn't great for farming so the solved that problem with chinampas.  ]]> 2018-03-01 14:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236900859 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236902118 The Aztec civilization fell when it was conquered by Spanish Conquistadors and their native american partners in 1521.]]> 2018-03-01 14:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236902118 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236904223 The people of the Inca Civilization lived in Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains, and their empire eventually extended all the way down to Chile. ]]> 2018-03-01 14:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236904223 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236905666 The Inca Civilization was a communist government, and the head was called the Sapa Inca.]]> 2018-03-01 14:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236905666 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236907050 The people of the Inca Empire were divided into the nobles and the commoners.]]> 2018-03-01 14:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236907050 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236908133 Local officials kept a detailed census, so they could make sure the people paid their service tax in physical labor. ]]> 2018-03-01 14:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236908133 josie_yeargin https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236909423 The Inca Civilization had the Andes Mountains, Amazon Jungle, and a coastal desert for natural barriers.]]> 2018-03-01 14:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_yeargin/ka0xcr0qan7k/wish/236909423