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Bell Ringer

Explore the similarities between ancient Egypt and Mexico, from burial practices to the use of slave labor, while also learning the meanings of vocabulary words like obnoxious, anxiety, and precocious.

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer What do Egypt and Mexico have in common? VOCABULARY: Obnoxious Anxiety Precocious

  2. Bell Ringer Aztecs made human sacrifices to their gods. Egyptians buried their dead kings along with their worldly possessions to include their honor guard. They both took years to build using slave labor.

  3. Vocabulary Obnoxious1archaic: exposed to something unpleasant or harmful -- used with to2archaic: deserving of censure3: odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive Anxiety1 a: painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill b: fearful concern or interest c: a cause of anxiety2: an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one's capacity to cope with it Precocious1: exceptionally early in development or occurrence <precocious puberty>2: exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age

  4. Mexico – A Land Defined by its Mountains. The Sierra Madre Occidental extends along the western coast. The Sierra Madre Oriental runs parallel along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In the middle… the Central Plateau

  5. Mexico – The Heartland • Central Plateau • Important • Populated • Geological dangers • Unstable • Four Plates (page 201) • Active Volcanoes • Climate factors • Rain • Elevation • Temperature

  6. Mexico – The Coastal Regions • Northern Pacific Coast • Fast growing (Movement) • Arable – Irrigation (HEI) • Dams (HEI) • Southern Pacific Coast • Little farmland • Tourism • Cliff Divers

  7. Mexico – The Coastal Regions • Gulf Coastal Plain • Oil • Natural Gas • Yucatan Peninsula • Flat • Porous Limestone • Underground caverns

  8. Mexico – Section 1 Review • Peninsula, Irrigation, Sinkhole • How does geography help explain why most Mexicans live in the central plateau? • What is the chief economic activity along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast? Why? • Why would sinkholes have been important as a water source in the Yucatan? • What mountain ranges define Mexico’s central plateau on the east and the west? • The Colorado, Sonora, and Yaqui rivers used for irrigation, empty into the same body of water. What is it? Which of the three rivers originates in the United States?

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