In What Way Did the Mayans Who Followed José María

question 41

Multiple Choice

In what way did the Mayans who followed José María Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

• A) Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations.
• B) Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants.
• C) Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends.
• D) Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation.

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