Chapter 11 Lesson 1
Big Ideas:
•Meso-America has a variety of landforms.
•Climates in Meso-America vary from tropical to dry.
•Geographic diversity caused Meso-America to have a variety of natural resources and crops.
1. What is Cacao?
2. What is elevation?
3. What is maize?
4. What was slash-and-burn agriculture?
5. Where is Meso- America?
6. What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
7. Big Idea Review: Describe the geographic landforms of Meso-America.
8. How did volcanoes affect the landscape of Meso-America? (Create a multi-flow map.)
9. Big Idea Review: Explain the different climates of Meso-America. (Create a tree map.)
10. How do the different climates affect the vegetation of the different regions? (Create a tree map.)
11. What is the link between elevation and climate?
12. Create a brace map using the chart on p. 369 to show Big Idea Review: How has the geographic diversity of Meso-America
produced a variety of crops? (Use Geographic diversity of Meso-America Produced a Variety of Crops as the title.)
 *The people of Meso-America adapted their agricultural techniques and what they produced to the elevation and the area they
lived in. This is known as a vertical economy.
13. Big Idea Review: How has the geographic diversity of Meso-America produced a variety of natural resources.(Create a tree map)
14. Big Idea Review: How did farmers grow crops in different areas?
15. Using the graphic organizer on p. 370 create a flow map that shows how the development of agriculture led to the development
urban societies.
16. How did the geography of Meso-America encourage trade?
Chapter 11 Lesson 1
Big Ideas:
•Meso-America has a variety of landforms.
•Climates in Meso-America vary from tropical to dry.
•Geographic diversity caused Meso-America to have a variety of natural resources and crops.
1. What is Cacao?
2. What is elevation?
3. What is maize?
4. What was slash-and-burn agriculture?
5. Where is Meso- America?
6. What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
7. Big Idea Review: Describe the geographic landforms of Meso-America.
8. How did volcanoes affect the landscape of Meso-America? (Create a multi-flow map.)
9. Big Idea Review: Explain the different climates of Meso-America. (Create a tree map.)
10. How do the different climates affect the vegetation of the different regions? (Create a tree map.)
11. What is the link between elevation and climate?
12. Create a brace map using the chart on p. 369 to show Big Idea Review: How has the geographic diversity of Meso-America
produced a variety of crops? (Use Geographic diversity of Meso-America Produced a Variety of Crops as the title.)
 *The people of Meso-America adapted their agricultural techniques and what they produced to the elevation and the area they
lived in. This is known as a vertical economy.
13. Big Idea Review: How has the geographic diversity of Meso-America produced a variety of natural resources.(Create a tree map)
14. Big Idea Review: How did farmers grow crops in different areas?
15. Using the graphic organizer on p. 370 create a flow map that shows how the development of agriculture led to the development
urban societies.
16. How did the geography of Meso-America encourage trade?