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| __________, a grass; the predecessor to corn. |
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| In Oaxaca, approximately how many people speak only indigenous languages and no Spanish |
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| Aztec and Mayan rituals were identical |
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| Contrary to the movie Apocalypto's depiction, Copan and the surrounding valley were home to only a few farming hamlets at the time of the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century. |
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| Copán's last known dynastic monuments date to _______ AD |
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| In 1839 _______&________ first came across Maya ruins at Copán, Palenque, Uxmal, and - according to them - visited a total of 44 sites |
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| Fortunately, thousands of Mayan codices (codex) were hidden by the Jesuits and smuggled back to the Spanish Archives. |
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| The ancient Maya mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and bark paper. |
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| Which body of water borders the Southern coast of Oaxaca? |
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| _________one of only five original writing systems in the world. |
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| In _________- epidemic disease decimated much of the population and those that survived chose to move the town down to the valley floor (Teposcolula). |
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| What component of the green ceramic glaze was deemed unsafe ? |
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| A traditional pottery village in the Valley of Oaxaca which produces pottery with a green glaze. |
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| Domesticated from wild grass and grown from 5th millennium bce as important food, over 1000 varieties adapted to altitude and growing seasons. |
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| Which of these does have not a significant influence on microclimates? |
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| The altitude in feet of Oaxaca City is roughly _____ |
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| Altitudes in the Mixteca Region (Oaxaca) of Mexico go as high as ____ feet above sea level: |
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| In its heyday, the ___________ civilization boasted hundreds of cities from Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán, in modern-day Honduras. |
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| In The Motorcycle Diaries Ernesto " Guevara and Alberto Granado visit this ancient city in Peru. |
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| In The Motorcycle Diaries Ernesto "Fuser" Guevara and Alberto Granado are from |
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| ________ is made from the fermented sap of the agave plant |
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| ___________, introduced by the Spanish, became an important crop in temperate and mountainous areas. |
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| Domesticated in the Americas - the New World, a gift to Europe- the Old World: |
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a. Beans
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c. Potatoes
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| A symbol of indigenous Mexico, and one of few sources of protein before Columbus. |
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| 32. Also known as tziktli in areas where it was first domesticated. In 1869 exiled Mexican former president and general, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was living in exile in New Jersey. He brought a ton of Mexican ___________ with him, in hopes of selling it. He persuaded inventor Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. |
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| After harvesting, the piñas de agave, the cores, are mashed & distilled to make ______. |
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