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iii. The Pre-Classic Period

e. Whom did the Mayas consider their god?

i. nature ii. the king iii. the people

f. According to scholars, which of the following is NOT the cause
of Maya downfall?
i. environmental exhaustion ii. internal warfare

iii. foreign invasion
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D. Match the paragraph numbers with respective information.

a. I i. occupation of the earliest Maya society

b. II ii. number of people in the Maya civilisation

c. III iii. achievement by the Maya civilisation in different
sectors

d. IV iv. places where the Mayas lived Curriculum Development Centre 78-CEHRD

e. V v. categories of the places where the Mayans lived

f. VI vi. spirituality of the Mayan people

g. VII vii. fights with the neighbouring states as the possible
cause of downfall

h. VIII viii. time when the downfall of the Maya Civilisation started

E. Why is the study of history important to us? Prepare a mindmap of
your thoughts and discuss with your friends.

Pronunciation

Listen to your teacher and notice the stress.

succe'ssion exca'vation in'scription concen'tration

ex'cel 'architecture 'cultural ex'hausted

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