As a general rule of thumb the standard of living and definition of poverty is much nicer in developed as opposed to developing countries
When an instructor listens carefully to your question in class, he or she is using acknowledgment.
The instructor is acknowledging that you are speaking and that you are interesting in knowing the answer to your question. He or she is not irritable, but rather patient with you and listens without interrupting you.
<span>Bureaucracy! That is the main problem of the empire and mostly the republic. The republic fell because the size of the empire was to big, the events were moving rapidly and there was no time for bureaucracy, voting, debating and so on. When Rome became an empire it didn't of course change immediately</span>
Like the Olmec, the Maya also lived in a theocracy(leaders/ruling classes represented the will of the gods). Both the Olmec and Mayan cities were designed to pay tribute to the gods.