Question

Which of the following best describes Mayan longdistance trade? (1 point)
Obsidian was used as the standardized currency and medium of exchange in all long-distance trade.
It involved prestige items and could involve maritime trade
Porters were used to carry heavy subsistence goods to Caribbean islands.
It involved the free trade in honey among common Mayans.

Answer 1

It involved prestige items and could involve maritime trade.

Maya long-distance exchange focused on luxury goods (jade, obsidian, cacao, shells, feathers, fine textiles) and used riverine and coastal canoe routes as well as overland paths — obsidian was a traded commodity but not a universal currency.