Ch 22 Maya History Alive

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The structure found by archeologists in Mayan cities like Tikal, built more than a thousand years ago, are made of

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stone

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Which modern country is the area where Mayan civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Mayas today? Options: Panama, Brazil, Guatemala, Iraq

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Guatemala

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What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent towns? Options: sailing, farming, metal tools, wild animals

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farming

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One skill that the Mayas adapted from the Olmecs was a way to: make tools out of metal, build carts that had wheels, use horses or oxen to pull plows, write by using pictures as symbols

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write by using pictures as symbols

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Mayas who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same

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calendar

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What is true for only the priests and noble social class?

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They read the calendar.

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Mayan priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role for priests?

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to foretell the future

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Which of these foods would have been new to the Mayas when it was introduced from Europe after 1500? Options: beans, squash, sugar, chocolate

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sugar

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When did the Mayas first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?

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at 3 months old

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When a Mayan couple first married, where did they go to live? Options: To a faraway city, where they could have independence, to the husband's childhood home, where his wife helped cook, to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food, to the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them

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to the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them