**1.** At its most extensive, the Mayan territory began in what is now called Mexico and ended in what is now called Guatemala.

**2.** The Mayans built very few ball courts.

**3.** In Copán lived an elite of artisans and nobles who wrote in stone.

**4.** The hieroglyphs of Copán tell the legend of the twins Ixbalanqué and Hunahpú.

**5.** Chichén Itza was the center of power in Mesoamerica.

**6.** El Castillo is the largest ball court.

Answer

**1. cierto / true**

**2. falso / false** – Hubieron 700 campos de pelota. (There were 700 ball courts.)

**3. cierto / true**

**4. falso / false** – Cuentan la historia de los reyes de Copán. (They tell the story of the kings of Copán.)

**5. cierto / true**

**6. falso / false** – Fue el templo del dios Kukulcán. (It was the temple of the god Kukulcán.)

**2.** What were some of the dangers of the game?

**3.** What is extraordinary about the Copán ruins?

**4.** What details indicate that Chichén Itza had been a very important city.

**5.** What is an example of the importance of the gods for the Mayans?

Answer

**1.** Tiene mucha importancia, tenia connotaciones religiosa.

**2.** La decapitación como sacrificio.

**3.** Es la que tiene mayor cantidad de esculturas, y jeroglíficos que cuentan la historia de los reyes de Copán.

**4.** Por su arquitectura y tener la mejor cancha construida.

**5.** El peligro era un recordatorio de que el juego era también una ceremonia solemne y el campo, un templo.

**1.** It is very important, it had religious overtones.

**2.** The beheading as a sacrifice.

**3.** It is the one with the largest number of sculptures and hieroglyphs that tell the story of the kings of Copán.

**4.** For its architecture and having the best court built.

**5.** The danger was a reminder that the game was also a solemn ceremony and the field a temple.

Tenemos previsto visitar 3 estadios de beisbol en las próximas dos semanas, empezaremos en el estadio de los Dodger en California, luego iremos hasta Nueva York, ahí veremos el partido entre los Yankees y los Texas. Finalmente visitaremos Washington, iremos al T-Mobile Park estadio de los Marineros de Seattle.

**Translation**

We plan to visit 3 baseball stadiums in the next two weeks, we will start at Dodger Stadium in California, then we will go to New York, there we will see the game between the Yankees and the Texas. Finally we will visit Washington, we will go to the T-Mobile Park stadium of the Seattle Mariners.