One of the most important causes for the fall of the Maya was the presence of widespread drought in the region. Mayan religion depicts the leader of a city-state as having a direct connection to the gods and, as such, that leader is responsible for the well-being of the people. However, a long period of drought strained this concept of kingship. Instead of being able to provide, leaders found their people starving due to drought and the people began to doubt and question their leaders' rule. In that sense, the droughts in Mesoamerica were the prime cause of the civil strife that impacted the fall of the Mayan city-states.
Supreme Court.
Since judicial review, the Supreme court has had the responsibility to interpret constitutional laws
The second alternative is correct (B).
Slaveowners saw these people as a private good that should satisfy their wants and make a profit. Education is a tool of liberation. People with access to information have a greater capacity to defend themselves and to claim rights. In this context, it was not interesting for owners to provide any kind of education to slaves. Moreover, the time that slaves would use to learn to read would be lost during working hours. Unfortunately this was a reality that is part of our history.
While the U.S. had little interest in Europe, it did have a
large economic interest in Latin America and a growing one in East Asia. The
U.S. was even more prone to expansion in Latin America. There were larger
economic interests and a strategic importance of obtainable regions.
The key reason for the ending of native civilizations in North, Central and South America was the colonization of these places by Europeans. One of the main factors was that the Europeans brought lots of diseases that Native populations had no immunity to. Another was the genocide of these populations by colonizers.<span />
