1. Latin America and Oceania BCE

2. Prehistory Bering straight land bridge

3. Pre-Classical Maya Slash and burn with some agricultural First in the Americas to keep historical records (kept on pots, buildings, jade and bones) Established centers throughout Mexico and central America in 1200 B.C.

4. Olmec 1200-400BCE Location: Veracruz and Tabasco Mexico Shaman assume the shape of animals- most powerful is a jaguar

5. Zapotec Valley of Oaxaca Thought to be the first group in the Americas to develop written language Developed artisan work of clay, jade and gold

6. Early South American Very small groups cut off due to geography Although groups such as the Chavin Cult developed in the region there is no evidence of developed states

7. Austronesians Use of outrigger Canoes Arrive at Fiji 1300 BCE and Samoa and Tonga by 1000 BCE

8. What is the Theory of how people first came to the Americas? What was the pre classical Maya technique for Agriculture? Name two nations in contemporary Oceania?