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7. A reader of the article could determine that
a. the Mayans were fierce warriors
b. the Mayans were all victims of genocide

c. the Mayans were very civilized for its time
d. the Mayans were uncivilized since they never grasped the principle of the
wheel

8. Which of these states an opinion?

a. The Mayan writing was still in a crude picture form.
b. The Mayans could calculate the movements of heavenly bodies.
c. The Mayans were able to calculate in hundreds of millions.
d. none of the above

9. The article was created mainly to
a. inform the reader about the Mayan civilization
b. persuade the reader that the Mayans were better than the Europeans

c. inform the reader about the disappearance of the Mayans
d. none of the above

10. The words flowered so brilliantly describe

a. beautiful flowers that grow where the Mayans once lived
b. the great Mayan civilization
c. the Mayan people

d. the intelligence of the Mayan people

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

a. The Mayans had books, made of long strips of T F

papyrus paper.

b. They developed from village communities of T F

farmers and fishermen around 1000 B.C.

c. Mayan civilization vanished. T F

d. During the Golden Age, the Mayas built magnificent T F

cities with wide boulevards and plazas.

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