Context Clues

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Use the sentence starter to tell which context clues helped you determine the meaning of glyphs. Type your answer.

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Use the sentence starter to respond to the question.

Type your answer quickly.

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Use the sentence starter to state the meaning of the word stelae. Type your answer quickly.

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What makes the work of epigraphers important? Use your sentence starter to respond with your thoughts.

Reorder

Reorder the following steps in the process of making a pyramid.

• Put mortar or stucco finishing on the structure
  

• Mixed powder with gravel and water
  

• Constructed four-sided platforms from earth and rubble

• Ground limestone into fine powder

• Covered platforms with limestone

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Draw

Use your drawing tool to show evidence that the priests used natural remedies when acting as doctors and dentists.

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Use the sentenc starter to respond to the question. The author uses the word crumbled to describe what happened to the Mayan civilization.

What are some of the reasons the authro gives for why the Mayan civilization crumbled.