Unit 3 Maya, Aztec & Inca Amplify: Chapter 3-4

What was happening to the wooden people that forced them to try and hide?

• The clay people were attacking them.

• The corn people were thinking, hearing, speaking, and seeing.

• The gods were punishing the wooden people by turning everything on Earth against them.

• The gods sent Earth’s animals out to search for the perfect place for humans to live.

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The most important reason that the gods were more pleased with the corn men than with their first two creations was:

• the corn men had a plentiful supply of corn to eat.

• the corn men had vision that surpassed that of the gods.

• the corn men praised the gods and thanked them.

• the corn men could hold onto things and move easily.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a myth?

• They help explain the facts about how and why things happen.

• They are songs that people sing.

• They are passed along from one generation to another.

• They record the history of a group of people.

According to the Maya creation myth, the Creators and Makers attempted to make people out of three different materials. Two attempts failed and the third was successful. Which material did they use to successfully create people?

• clay

• stone

• corn

• wood

What is the meaning of the word distinct?

• different in a noticeable way

• the same as another

• in a different location

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Our energy dwindled as school dragged on.

What does the word dwindled mean?

• it escaped

• it speeds up

• to become smaller over time

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What can you infer as to why the Maya had an golden age?

• their civilization flourished

• their civilization mined for gold

• their civilization were smart

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How did the gods solve the problem of having animals that were of no particular use?

• they were food for people

• they freed them

• they let the other animals eat them

• they released them into other civilizations

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Why were the clay people “imperfect” in the eyes of the gods?

• they did not look like the gods

• they could not move or talk

• the gods thought there were perfect

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Why were the wooden people “imperfect” in the eyes of the gods?

• they were rigid and warped

• they were snapped in half

• they would not grow

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