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The Ancient City of Cahokia

Cahokia is an ancient village close to the Mississippi River inthe USA. This amazing site dates back to 700 AD and at onetime over 20,000 people lived there. Then suddenly, all of thepeople left Cahokia and no one knows why.

The Mississippian people who lived in Cahokia built bigmounds of earth in the shape of pyramids. Often, they put abuilding on top of these mounds. The largest pyramid inCahokia was over 10 storeys tall! The Mississippians builthouses, temples and strong walls to protect their city, too.They were also very clever people. The Mississippians evenmade a calendar; they used wooden poles and the sun to tellthe time. They also had a playing field. Their favourite gamewas called 'chunkey'.

The Mississippians were also good farmers. They grewcrops like corn and tomatoes and hunted animals for food.The reason why they left Cahokia is still a mystery, but somepeople say they left the city because there was no food.

1. Cahokia is a very old site. [True|False]
2. Not many people lived there. [True|False]
3. They had very tall pyramids. [True|False]
4. The city had walls to keep the enemies away. [True|False]
5. The people there couldn't tell the time. [True|False]
6. They were hunters. [True|False]
7. They raised animals for food. [True|False]
8. Lack of food is a possible reason why people left the
   city. [True|False]