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7-1 p.186-190
1. Describe the highlands.
2. Describe the lowlands.
3. What did the highlands and lowlands of Mesoamerica support?
4. Explain the process of slash-and-burn.
5. What were the two main crops in Mesoamerica?
6. What are the three periods of the Maya civilization?
7. What were the characteristics of Maya civilization during the Classic period?
8. Name four reasons why the Maya civilization collapsed.
7-2 p. 191-195
1. What was civilization like in the Pre-Classical Era?
2. Describe the Maya social structure.
3. What was the main occupation of the Mayas?
4. What ordinary activities occupied the lives of men and women in Maya families?
5. What did it mean if a king’s team won a ballgame?
6. What did each Maya city have?
7. How did Mayan kings increase power?
8. What is an alliance?
9. How were the Maya government and religion related?
10. Why did the Maya sacrifice humans?
7-3 p. 198-203
1. Who, most likely, was able to read?
2. What does elite mean?
3. What is a hieroglyph?
4. How did scribes keep records?
5. How are historians able to learn about the Maya?
6. What were the Mayan calendars used for?
7. What concept did the Mayans realize before the Europeans?
8. What did the Maya not possess?
9. Why was it difficult to build stone pyramids?
10. What were the largest Maya buildings?