Check Your Understanding

1.–2. Work with a partner to complete each item.

• 1. Identify Details Make a chart like the one below. Then complete the chart with details about each city using information from the selection.

  Tikal	Copán
  	population was 20,000

• 2. Sum It Up Use the information in the chart to describe the two ancient Maya cities.

Review Vocabulary

3.–7. Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

_____ of years ago, the Maya built pyramids. They built _____ of cities from stone. I learned about _____ famous cities. Parts of both _____ still exist today. Copán was a small city, but more people went to live there. At one time, the city’s _____ was 20,000 people.

Write about Populations

8. Write about how the population of your town or a nearby town has changed over the years.