AOW Black Panther Newsela Article

Read the section "A Kingdom Rooted In Mayan History And Legends." Select the selection from the section that shows how the kingdom of Talokan is rooted in Mayan history.

• The comic book Namor rules over a legendary underwater world called Atlantis.

• Cadena was wowed by the “amazing” masks that are important in Mexican culture.

• Mejía remembers seeing himself in full Namor costume for the first time.

• “It was like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is serious. This is good. This is beautiful,’” he said.

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Which sentence from the article shows Wakanda's MAIN problem in the movie “Wakanda Forever”?

• The movie is about a global superpower inspired by Mayan and Mesoamerican culture.

• The Mayans, an Indigenous culture in this land, once held great power.

• That’s when Namor invades Wakanda, because T’Challa can no longer protect them.

• “They've had to flee before and they know what conquest can look like and how damaging that can be.”

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What is MOST likely the reason the author included the information about the Talokan wardrobe?

• to explain why the filmmakers created a fictional kingdom

• to highlight the film’s connection to Mexican and Mayan culture

• to show how the film remains true to the comic books

• to suggest the acting in the film was challenging for the actors

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According to the section “Mayan Experts Help With Film,” why did Mayan experts work on the movie “Wakanda Forever”?

• to help write the script for the movie

• to help with the language used in the movie

• to help send messages to the actors in the movie

• to help shoot the underwater scenes in the movie

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