USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which native civilization lived in the region that is now eastern and southern Mexico?
A
Mexican
B
Maya
C
Aztec
D
Inca
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Maya civilization developed in the Maya Region, an area that today comprises southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originating in the Yucatán around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize and western Honduras.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mayan civilization occupied much of the northwestern part of the isthmus of Central America, from Chiapas and Yucatán, now part of southern Mexico, through Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador and into Nicaragua.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mayan civilization occupied much of the northwestern part of the isthmus of Central America, from Chiapas and Yucatán, now part of southern Mexico, through Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador and into Nicaragua.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unlike other cultures at the time, the Maya were centred in a large geographical block known as the Mayan geographic location. The geographic area covered all the Yucatán Peninsula, as well as modern-day Guatemala, Belize, the western edge of Honduras and El Salvador.

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