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What is the 'Maya Mystery'.

• Why did the Maya civilization disappear?

• Who were the Maya people?

• Where did the Maya bury their treasure?

The Maya civilization was at its peak for about 750 years.

• True

• False

What it this?

• Mayan house ruins

• Mayan church

• Mayan temple ruins

• Teacher Zie's home

The archaeologists thought the Maya probably died from a disaster or diseases because...

• Their deaths were sudden

• The Maya had a lot of enemies

• They were bad at farming

The Maya population shrank because of a natural disaster.

• True

• False

The people who invaded Cancuen came by boat.

• True

• False

The word 'drought' means a period of time without any _________(line 29)

• air

• snow

• workers

• rain

War with neighboring cities made Tikal weak.

• True

• False