Describe the experience of the K'iche' Maya during the 1970s and 1980s

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The Maya villagers were forced to leave their home area due to economic hardship and the increasing inability to make a living.
2. A new settlement was founded on a principle of social equality and collective organizing.
3. In the late 1970s, during the civil war in Guatemala, the government suspected the village of harboring insurgents.
4. In 1982 the village was attacked and the residents fled or were killed.

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What will be an ideal response?

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A) the upper-middle class B) the wealthy upper class C) the lower-middle class D) the very poor

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Excavation of an archaeological site

A. involves the destruction of the place. B. a technique to uncover buried remains from the past. C. answers questions about prehistoric human activity. D. all of the above E. none of the above

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