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What is Mesoamerica
An ancient name referring to Present Day Mexico and Northern Central America
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What is food
Cities depended on farmers for this type of supply
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Who is a The Ruler
The responsibilities of leadership and offering blood sacrifices to the Gods belong to this leader of another name
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What is a roof comb or stone carving
The building were often topped with is type of roof
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What are Rivers
Mayan Civilizations settled in Tropical rain forests because they didn't have many of these
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What are Mayan Cities
These were considered home for as many as 100,000 people
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What are Hieroglyphics?
Like the Egyptians before them, Mayans used this type of artistry to communicate their writings
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What are Temples
Unlike the Egyptians pyramids that have this at the bottom, Mayan pyramids have these at the top
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What are Canals
Mayans dug these to bring water to their raised crops
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What is stone
wide plazas and courts for ball games in the cities were made of this splendid material
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What are Calendars?
Using their knowledge and mathematical skills, the Mayans made these very accurate
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What are Mayan Cities
Palaces and Temples were the most important in all of these
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What is 365
The Solar Calendar we have today is based on this amount of days
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What are Tropical Birds
In hieroglyphics and depicted wearing fine clothing, Mayan high-ranking officials were often painted with this feather animal?
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