Do You Know The Mayans?

1. The Maya believed people were created from maize (corn).

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2. People living in different Maya cities all spoke the same language.

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3. The Mayan civilization extended from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula to Panama.

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4. The Maya used wooden boards to elongate infants' heads.

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5. The Maya used looms to weave their own clothing.

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6. The Maya put gold fillings in their teeth.

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7. Cacao beans were used to make jewelry.

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8. The Maya believed the number 13 was very unlucky.

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9. The Maya sutured wounds with human hair.

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10. The first Maya settlements are about 1,000 years old.

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11. The Maya built stone columns called stelae to ward off evil spirits.

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12. In some parts of the Maya civilization, a sacred cenote was a sinkhole used for sacrifices.

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13. The Maya deposited the bones of hunted animals in sacred caves.

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14. The ancient Maya practiced bloodletting because they thought it cleasned their bodies.

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15. Players in the Maya ball game couldn't touch the ballwith their hands or feet.

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