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Mesoamerican Civilization Questionnaire

The document consists of a series of questionnaires covering the history and characteristics of Mesoamerican civilizations, particularly the Maya, from the preclassic to postclassic periods. Key topics include the reasons for the end of the preclassic period, the significance of the classical period, and the achievements of the Maya civilization. It also addresses the economic and social structures of these civilizations, including their agricultural practices and societal divisions.

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Mesoamerican Civilization Questionnaire

The document consists of a series of questionnaires covering the history and characteristics of Mesoamerican civilizations, particularly the Maya, from the preclassic to postclassic periods. Key topics include the reasons for the end of the preclassic period, the significance of the classical period, and the achievements of the Maya civilization. It also addresses the economic and social structures of these civilizations, including their agricultural practices and societal divisions.

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QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP NO.

1. According to researchers, what were the reasons for the end of


preclassic period?
The constant wars

2. The classical period refers to the chronological period of civilization.


Maya?
R//True

3. What characterizes the classical period?

The construction of ceremonial centers

4. Was Teotihuacán a village that gained importance as a center


Anáhuac cult?
True

5. Does the classical period cover in the year?

R//200 to 900
QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP NO. 2

1. What were the pre-classic periods?


R//
Early Preclassic
Middle Preclassic
Late Preclassic

2. What is the pre-classic period? Indicate where it was located.

It is a chronological stage that occurred in Mesoamerica

What did the farmers grow?


R//
corn
Bean
Pumpkins
Cocoa

4. What types of tools did they use for drilling (to make holes) the
ground?
R//Planters, stakes or pointed clubs

5. Indicate who defined themselves as a separate group


of the common people and how it was composed

Those of the ruling class, which is composed of the nobility and the
priests
QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP NO.3

1. What are the divisions of the civilization period of the period?


postclassic?
R//
Early Postclassic (900-1200 AD)
Late Postclassic (1200-1521 AD)

What was the largest empire of pre-Columbian America?


Incas

3. What civilization created a numerical system and was able to create


astrological calculations?

the Mayans

4. Which civilization reached 10 million inhabitants?


The Mayans

5. Which civilization was known as the Mexicas?


The Aztecs
QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP NO.4

Civilization that was located in various regions such as Guatemala,


Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, and some parts of Mexico?
The Mayans

2. Mention what those two great achievements of the Mayans were


What did they do in their time?

R//crecimiento de la población y construcción de palacios

3. In what year did the classical period develop?


Around the year 250 BC

4. Name 3 main cities where the Mayans lived?


R//
Copan in Honduras
Tikal
Quiriguá

5. Civilization that moved at the beginning of the Christian era


probably from the region of Cholula (Puebla)?
R//Christianity
QUESTIONNAIRE NO. 5

1. What are the characteristics of the pre-classic period?


R//
the dependence on corn
emergence of societies

2. In which year does the pre-classic period encompass?

Around the year 1800 BC

3. What was the most important aspect of the preclassic period?

The invention of ceramics begins at that moment an agriculture.


flourishing and the development of Olmec culture

4. What was the focus of the Preclassic period?


R// The first complex societies were developed and in the cultures
own characteristics that distinguish them from other Mesoamerican groups

5. What culture developed during the pre-classic period?


R//
the Maya
Olmec
QUESTIONNAIRE NO. 6

1. The Late Postclassic was characterized by vast built territories.


What were they?

R//abandoned

2. What was the economy of the Postclassic period based on?

R//agriculture

3. What were the Maya able to accomplish through the system


numeric?
R//the astronomical calculations

4. Did the European invasion of America begin with the arrival of the
Spaniards in the year?
R//1,492

5. What was the main food of the Maya culture in Mesoamerica?


R//the corn

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