1) According to the timeline, which two innovations are the oldest and when did they exist?
Canoes and Latte Stones, they existed 5,000 years ago.
2) What is the importance of the Plaza de Espana?
The site of the colonial government of Spain was built here.
3) List the three Catholic churches and years when they were originally built. What is the impact of these churches to the people of Guam?
Saint Joseph Church-1680 It gave a place for them to worship the lord in Inarajan
San Dionisio Church-1681 It was a church that survived the World War I and II
Hagatna Cathedral Basilica-1669 First Church to be built in Guam that has been preserved/rehabilitated.
4) What is the impact of the San Antonio Bridge? What changes did it bring after World War II?
It connected 2 of the populous barrios San Ignacio and Bibilic, it liberated chamorro people from japanese.
5) Name the innovation described in the Malesso Kombento and Inalahan Historic Distric? What changes do you think the innovation brought to the people in the South?
Ifet wood, the major impact brought to the people of the south is the cheaper costs to use Ifet.
6) Name the innovation described in building the Taleyfac Spanish Bridge. Go to Google and search for the innovation. Click on the link from Guampedia.com, and read it. What impact did this innovation have on Guam’s structures?
the masonry of mamposteria, the impact was that guam buildings were made of stone now so it won’t be blown away by a typhoon.
7) What is Fort Soledad’s impact on the Spanish period? Go to Google and find the name of two more forts on Guam.
It protected Spanish Manila Galleons by sending it signals if pirates were on shore. Santa Agueda and Santa Aguel were the other 2 forts
The Lujan House and Guam Institute had an important impact to the people of Guam in the 1900′s. What is it and what changes did it bring to Guam?
It housed the Guam Institute the first private school on Guam
9) What is the impact of the Merlyn G. Cook School? Go to Google and search “first school on Guam” with quotation marks. There are two different information. Name the years and who started them?
First American School on Guam which was changed into a mountain school by the Japanese (1931 to 1942)
10) What do you think was the impact of the Humatak Outdoor Library?
Was the first library though people on guam see it as a monument now.
11) Read the World War II section. Find three innovations described in the article. What are the impact and change of these innovations?
Bunkers- it was used as a hiding spot from the Japanese.
American battleships- it bombed the island of Guam to drive away Japanese people/soldiers
American Flag- hope for the chamorro people that one day americans would take them back from japanese rule