The Maya (Topic 1)

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Where did the Maya live?

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Yucatan Peninsula

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What is a city-state?

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a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state

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The game played at Mayan ball courts was called

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pok-a-tok

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The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

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hieroglyphics

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What was the biggest benefit of slash-and-burn agriculture?

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It helped fertilize the soil

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Which was the primary Maya food?

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corn

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Mayans believed the Gods created them from

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Maize

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Why use the slash-and-burn technique?

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it fertilized the soil

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A method of growing crops on the sides of mountains.

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terrace farming

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The Maya did all of the following except...
Collected rain water, terrace farming, slash and burn, shopped on Amazon

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