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                                    MAYAN and AZTEC CIVILIZATIONS

MAYAN

1. What countries today occupy the land that was the Mayan civilization? 

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    2.  What did the Mayan people use to make the plaster and cement that they built their temples with?

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    3. What structure, built by the Mayans, is linked to the calendar? What is one example of how      

    archeologists realized the link with the calendar?

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    4. Which was the most important of the Mayan gods? How can you tell?

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    5. How many of the Mayan books are still around today?

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AZTEC

1. Describe the Aztec Sun Calendar.

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    2.  Where is the calendar kept today?

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    3.  Describe the Aztec sacrifice rituals.

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    4.  What did most of the Aztec people do for a living? Was this hard or easy? Why?

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    5. What did the Aztecs use for  medicine?

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