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Maya's relationship with the gods impacted every aspect of their lives. In the first paragraph it mentions how even “corn was so important to the Maya that the life cycle of the corn plant is at the heart of the religion” and how their religious practice includes a lot of festivals and rituals and how important the religion was.

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I think the Mayans were very religious. They practiced their religion because they took their religion seriously.

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I think the Mayans were very religious. They practiced their religion because they took their religion seriously.

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Based on the text the Mayan civilization was very religious because they would sacrifice themselves and other living things to god’s.

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I think that the Mayans were very religious. They practiced a lot because they took their religion very serious.

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It can be said that the Mayans were very serious about their religion because in paragraph 1 states "The Maya were deeply religious, and polytheistic." This shows that the Mayans were very religious and believed in many gods. Also, paragraph 3 states "Pyramids were used not only as temples and focal points for Maya religious practices where offerings were made to the gods..." This quote explains how the Mayans used temples and pyramids to make offerings for the gods to honor them.

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Based on the text, the Mayan civilization was a writing system, and also sculpture. In the paragraph 3 it mentions that “one of the greatest maya creation was their pyramids and structure stones. It can be said that Mayans were very creative  and artistic in paragraph 3 it states there ceremonial buildings were previously aligned with compass directions and aligned with sun and stars to venterate the gods.

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Based on the text, the Mayan civilization was highly religious. In the first paragraph, it states that they were polytheistic, meaning they worshipped many Gods. They even had priests control their daily life. The priests decided when to plant crops, whom to sacrifice and also decided who should marry who.

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I think that the Mayan were religious and a example of that is " The Maya believed that Human blood was needed to sustain their gods. Sacrificial victims included enemy leaders, and ball players, as well as criminals, slaves, women and children." This is stating that the Mayans wanted to please their gods to whatever measures they needed to do

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I think that the Mayans were very religious and took their religion seriously. One example of this in the text is "Maya priests had a hand in controlling nearly everything in Maya daily life". This quote reveals that the Mayans centered their life around religion. Their actions and decisions were based and influenced on their religious beliefs.

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1. Based on the text ,The Mayan Civilization was very religious I know this because in paragraph 1 it states they worshiped many gods related to nature such as The moon, rain, corn.
2.In the paragraph ,it mentions that they believed the sun was lit by gods ,who sacrificed themselves to initiate it.
3.It can be said that the mayan's were highly influenced by religion because in paragraph 4 they believed that gods guided the sun across the moon.
4.I think that one of the greatest creation was their pyramids and stone structures, One example of this in the text is

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The Mayans were advanced due to the improved technologies that they invented. Some of the new technologies were calendars and the first form of the alphabet. One example of this in the text is from the last two sentences where it states many of the technologies that were made. The Mayans relationship with the gods were serious because they had festivals and they even sacrificed themselves for them. In paragraph 2, it mentions that they also sacrificed other animals like turtles, crocodiles and dogs.

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Based on the text, the Mayan civilization was heavily influenced by religion. In the second paragraph, it mentions that the Mayans believed that the sun was lit by the gods who sacrificed themselves to initiate it and as consequence, the sun's energy had to be replenished by human blood. It can be said that the Mayans way of life was greatly impacted by religion because in response to their belief of the sun being lit by the gods they practiced bloodletting.

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Directions: Answer the following question based on the passage.

Question: Describe the Maya’s sense of their place in the world and their relationship with the gods.

You MUST cite evidence from the passage.

Citation examples:

1) Based on the text, the Mayan civilization was ______________.

2) In the ___ paragraph, it mentions that _________________.

3) It can be said that the Mayans were ___________ because in paragraph ___ it states ______________.

4) I think that __________. One example of this in the text is ________.