Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 1 HONR 229L: Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Governance Prologue and The Maya Your name here 9 September 2015

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 2 The prologue works in a theme that history is often distorted by the bias of those who tell the story. Relate your impression of how this theme is woven into the prologue.

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 3 The prologue states “eventually, I arrived at a five-point framework of possible contributing factors that I now consider in trying to understand any putative environmental collapse”. Please prepare a slide (or two) that lists these five-points, and contains a phrase or two under each of the points explaining how it will be used in the book

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 4 The prologue works states “climate change was even more of a problem for past societies … than it is today”. Summarize the reason Diamond states this is the case.

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 5 Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, the main points Jared Diamond conveyed about The Maya in this chapter In other words, what was the chapter about ! Feel free to use illustrations, either from the book, included here for convenience or from another source. If from another source, please use proper attribution

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 6 Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, something new you learned upon reading this chapter. Be specific if you can … i.e., nearly all of us have heard of The Maya, but what about The Maya was new to you upon reading this chapter

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 7 Describe how the history of the The Maya may be applicable to the situation faced by the world’s population may face in the future, with respect to global warming (hint: climate change will induce changes in precipitation patterns)

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