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| from central american to the norht of south america |
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| when did the maya begian setteling in what is now guatemala |
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| beans corn squash and avacodo |
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| what year did they start to build large cities |
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| what were the years taht were called the height and what was it called |
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| from 250 ad to 900 ad it was called the classic era |
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| describe the ball game that the maya v\played |
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| they used their haed hips and limbs but no hands to bounce a hard rubber ball in to stone hoops on the court walls. They winner got food and money and the loser almost always got killed |
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| how di they change their envirment |
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| they built canals so that they could get around eaiser. farmers built stone walls on the side of hills so they could farm there |
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| king preist warroirs and rich merchents made up the upper class and phesents made up the lower class |
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| the maya belived that they needed blood to make the sun god happy so during hard times the periced their body and offered it to the gods |
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| why did the mya build obsevatories |
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| they built obsevatories so that their preist could study the stars and choose the best days for special events |
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| wha kind of calanders did they develop |
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| they developed circle calanders |
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| whay did the civilation decline |
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becuse
1 they did not change their crops so the soil turned bad disabling them to grow lots of food
2 the countries around they were at war so when the spanish came they all attacked the maya
3 climate change |
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| how did the first aztecs make a living |
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| when did they build their first city |
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| how did people travle through the citys |
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| wht do you think merchents were good spys |
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| becuse they interact with people every day and know what the people are buying and they hear all the gossip of they city and they also have to travel to and from the palace to deliver goods |
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| what did they do to plese their gods |
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| they gave human sacrafices by riping put the beating hearts of people from other surronding countries |
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| what wer 3 motives to the spainsh who arrived in mexico |
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| to find gold claim land and to convert the religon to christainaty |
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| why did the aztecs welcome cortez in 1519 |
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becuse they belived that a god who had left them years ago had promised to return in the year 1519
Cortez was all dressed up and had arrived in a charoitt so he looked like a god |
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