Common Core 7th Grade ELA Question of the Day

The Maya used raised fields to manage floods and grow crops efficiently (Alvarez).

Slash-and-burn was common but could exhaust soil over time. Museum Blog, 2021.

Farmers burned forests and this ruined dirt fast.

According to Alvarez (2018), the Maya built raised fields to control flooding and improve crop growth; the Museum of Ancient Civilizations blog (2021) adds that slash-and-burn was widely used but could wear out soil.