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Clue 1 Facts & Stories
(You can also find these at the end)
A Brief History of Guatemala
Guatemala was home to the ancient civilisation of the Maya. This was a powerful and advanced civilisation that built many pyramids that we can still visit today. The Maya civilisation was at its height from around 250 AD to 900 AD in what was called the Classic Period and stretched from south eastern Mexico to western Honduras and El Salvador. When the Europeans arrived in the 14th century, the Mayan civilisation was already declining. Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado defeated the Maya in 1524 and the area became a Spanish colony. Due to natural disasters, Guatemala has had three different capital cities. The first was Ciudad Vieja which was destroyed by an earthquake and floods. The second was Antigua, which was also destroyed by earthquakes. The third capital was founded in 1776, Guatemala City.
In 1821, Guatemala gained independence from Spain and became part of the Mexican Empire. Later it became a member of the United Provinces of Central America for a short time.
From 1960 to 1996, Guatemala endured a bloody civil war fought between the US-backed government and leftist rebels, including genocidal massacres of the Maya population perpetrated by the military. Since a United Nations negotiated peace accord, Guatemala has witnessed both economic growth and successful democratic elections, though it continues to struggle with high rates of poverty, crime, drug trade, and instability.
Below - The national flag adopted in 1871. The two sky blue stripes represent the fact that Guatemala is a land located between two oceans and the sky over the country. The white signifies peace and purity. The blue and white colours, like those of several other countries in the region, are based on the flag of the former Federal Republic of Central America (1823 - 1841).
Clue 2
1.
- Move back above Location A.
- Make sure you are in 2D mode by clicking the 2D icon
in the bottom right corner just once. DON'T GET CONFUSED - when you are in 2D mode the 3D button will be visible and vice versa. - Click on the compass icon
once (located in the bottom right corner) to ensure your view is aligned to north. - Switch to street view by clicking once on the man icon
(located in the bottom right corner).
- This will bring up a series of blue lines (routes you can virtually walk down) and small blue circles (pictures you can view).
- Look at the picture below titled 'Screen Shot A', move your screen so its view is in roughly the same position and at a height of 5000m / 5km. This is how to set the height:
- In the screen shot A one of these blue circles has been edited out. Identify which one this is and click on it once in Google Earth.
- This will bring your view to be inside the photo.
- Check you are in the correct photo by looking around inside the photo. Close by, to your north is a girl with black hair, glasses, an olive green backpack and looking at her phone. If you cannot see this then exit the photo and re-look at the question.
2.
- Look all around this photo (use the same technique for looking around inside the photo as moving around outside in Google Earth).
Find the following items within this photo, answer the questions and make a note of each answer.
A. A natural phenomena - which direction is this drifting? - this is the direction it is bending towards (you can work this out by using the compass in the bottom right corner of the screen - the red point always points to north).
Make a note of the answer as 2A.
B. Two people walking together one wearing black and the other wearing blue - which direction are they walking in? (again you can work this out by using the compass).
Make a note of the answer as 2B.
3.
- Exit the photo (by clicking on the arrow in the top left of the screen).
- Zoom out to a height of 30km (set the height in the same way as instructed in step 1).
- Move so the volcano (Location A) is in the middle of your screen.
- Start scanning in the direction of Answer 2A + Answer 2B.
- Look for the first point of interest you come across in this direction and stop here. This is indicated by a blue marker with a camera icon.
Use the name of this point as the answer to access Clue 3 (write it in exactly as it appears with spaces between words).
Stuck? Try re-reading the question carefully picking up the key points.
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