...not sure if I'm answering this AP World Hist. questions correctly...

Question

1. How did humans come to settle in all parts of the Americas and in Oceania?

Humans were able to sesttle in all parts of the Americas and in Oceania because of a landbridge. Declined sea levels during the last ice age resulted in a landbridge that connected Siberia w/ Alask and Australia w/ New Guinea. 18,000 years ago ice melted creating the Bering Straight, but communities were already settled beyonde that region. Thus, early migrants then interacted w/ other people of the Americas and Oceania.

2.How did the religion of the Maya reflect and reinforce their economy and governmental structure?

The religion of the Maya was based from the Popol Vun, a creation myth, that reinforces the necessary tasks of bloodshedding, or sacrifice. Mayan priests taught that the gods would keep the world abundent of agriculture in exchange for sacrificial humans. The bloodletting rituals honored gods for rain to grow crops. This religious thought reflected their governmental structure because it allowd priests to be a class at the top of the hierarchical society, beeing that they were important to connect w/ the gods for ag. Also, it shows why most of their population were slaves, because they were important to use as sacrificial victims for the gods.

Answer 1

You are answering the questions riht

Answer 2

Your answers are for the most part correct, with a few mistakes.

1.  You do not address how people arrived on Australia and New Guinea, you just say that people crossed between Australia and New Guinea.  People originated from Africa and they moved upward toward Eurasia, so you should address how they got from the main land to the islands.  If I remember right, at the time of the crossing (during the iceage) from mainland to the islands, the water was low so each of the islands were larger and so could be seen from the mainland so the people crossed using boats but as the ice melted and the ocean rised, the islands became smaller.  

        It is spelled Bering Strait.  How you describe the settlement, it seems like there were people in the Americas before people arrived there from Siberia which is untrue.  When people arrived from Siberia, the America's were just animals and they first served as hunter and gatherers then farmers.  If the early migrants you are referring to are the European explorers during the 1400-1500 then you should say so because it seems like you mean the early migrants were those from Siberia thus saying that people were there before them which is untrue.

        You probably also want to explain how the first settlers were first hunter-gatherers and some became farmers and how they cultivated the land.  Some areas created chiefdoms and kingdoms (Incas, mayans, aztecs) while others like Oceania remained hunter-gatherers.

2. I do not quite remember a lot from the part of World History but I do remember that the Mayans made several wars and took over several smaller tribes so that they could sacrifice.  They had war for religions rather than economical reasons  and I do not remember that slaves were used for sacrifices, that is why they had lots of wars (to capture people to sacrifice).

Make sure that you put in a lot more detail and explain more.

From that I think everything else is correct.  But then again you should always use another source because I do not remember everything perfectly from AP World History.

And incase you may be wondering, I took AP World History this past year and I received all A's in the class and a 5 on the exam.