1. What is a pre-industrial culture?
2. What was the estimated population of ancient Copán? Of ancient Tikal?
3. What does the ability to build great buildings out of stone tell you about Mayan political power? Explain.
4. Judging from the drawing of El Mirador, which criterion – scale, genius, effort, or significance – makes Mayan architecture most remarkable? Explain.
5. Judging from the text, not the drawing, what was most remarkable about Mayan architecture?
