Introduction to the Ancient Maya People

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  1. Why did the Author write "Introduction to the Ancient Maya People?"

    2. Links to reference material:
    http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/3boltonmayafluency1a.htm

    Your answer:
    A. To tell a story about how the Maya came to Mesoamerica.
    B. To explain to readers where the Maya people came from and what their cities were like.
    C. To teach people what Maya cities were like.
    D. To convince people that the Maya were the most interesting group of people that lived in Mesoamerica.

  2. Which of the following is the title of the article?

    3. Your answer:
    A. Where did the Maya Come From?
    B. Where Did the Maya Live?
    C. Discover the Ancient Maya
    D. Introduction to the Ancient Maya People

  3. Read this sentence from the text, "Many scientists think that all of the people in ancient Mesoamerica, and North America, were descendants of the people who migrated across the land bridge between Asia and North America during the last great ice age."

    What does the word migrated mean in this sentence?

    4. Your answer:
    A.To walk across a land bridge.
    B.To take a trip.
    C.To travel together as a group during the ice ages.
    D.To leave one place and go to another place to live.

  4. Read this sentence from the text,"Each city state was governed by its own king."

    What is another word that means the same as governed?

    5. Your answer:
    A. ruled
    B. government
    C. king
    D. protected

  5. How were all Maya city states ALIKE?

    6. Your answer:
    They were all the same size.
    They were all governed by the same king.
    They all had markets.
    They all had 10,000 - 60,000 people living in them.

  6. How were the houses that rich people and poor people lived in DIFFERENT from each other?

    7. Your answer:
    A. Poor people lived in palaces and rich people lived in huts.
    B. Rich people lived in temples.
    C. Poor people lived in pyramids.
    D. Rich people lived in big houses and poor people lived in small houses.

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