Ed's+Day+Two

=Today we will shift from the first people in the Americas to one of the earliest civilizations, the Olmecs.=

//Use the blank maps and your colored pencils to label all of the following areas. You will find this information in your Atlases.//

 * • On the physical map locate and label the following: ||
 * Bodies of Water ||
 * – Pacific Ocean || – Gulf of Mexico ||
 * – Atlantic Ocean || – Caribbean Sea ||
 * – Arctic Ocean || – Mississippi River ||
 * – Bering Strait || – Amazon River ||
 * Lines of Latitude ||
 * – Equator ||  ||
 * – Tropic of Cancer ||  ||
 * || – Tropic of Capricorn ||
 * Landforms ||  ||
 * – Appalachian Mountains || – Andes Mountains ||
 * – Great Plains || – Isthmus of Panama ||
 * – Rocky Mountains || – Yucatan Peninsula ||
 * – Sierra Madre Mountains ||  ||
 * Cities ||  ||
 * – Machu Picchu ||  ||
 * – Cuzco || – Chichén Itzá ||
 * || – Tenochtitlan ||
 * Civilizations ||
 * (Shade in the area where each developed. Be sure to create a key for each symbol used.) ||
 * Use the the links for help ||  ||
 * – [|Olmecs] ||  ||
 * – [|Mayans] ||  ||
 * – [|Aztecs] ||  ||
 * –[| Incans] ||  ||
 * On the political map, locate and label the following: ||
 * – Guatemala || – Colombia ||
 * – Mexico || – Ecuador ||
 * – Honduras || – Peru ||
 * – Belize || – Chile ||
 * – El Salvador || – Venezuela ||
 * – Nicaragua || – Brazil ||
 * – Costa Rica || – Argentina ||
 * – Panama || – Bolivia ||
 * On the political map, locate and label the following: ||
 * – Guatemala || – Colombia ||
 * – Mexico || – Ecuador ||
 * – Honduras || – Peru ||
 * – Belize || – Chile ||
 * – El Salvador || – Venezuela ||
 * – Nicaragua || – Brazil ||
 * – Costa Rica || – Argentina ||
 * – Panama || – Bolivia ||
 * – Costa Rica || – Argentina ||
 * – Panama || – Bolivia ||

Watch this short movie about the Olmecs.
media type="file" key="The_Olmecs_mov.mov"

Now, watch this short slideshow.
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Answer the following questions:
Where did the Olmec live, which modern country(ies), which region of the Americas?

When did the Olmec civilization thrive?

What did the Olmec leave behind.

Why are the Olmec important?