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Unit 4

The Mayan Civilization

Before You Read

1. What do you know about the Mayan civilization?

2. What do you think happened to the Mayan civilization?

Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions.

a. agriculture 1. the science or occupation concerned with
cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding,

breeding, and raising livestock

b. intellectual 2. serving to distinguish; characteristic

c. predict 3. in a raw or unprepared state

d. accuracy 4. to foretell the future

e. crude 5. the condition or quality of being true or

correct

f. unrivaled 6. appealing to or engaging the intellect;
rational

g. distinctive 7. having no competitor

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