L 26 Geography of Meso-America & Mayan Civilization

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Mayan culture flourished in the region known as

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Mesoamerica.

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The Mayans lived in which area of the world where we find which modern counties?

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Guatemala and Mexico

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What is the geographic feature called where we find many Mayan cities? Options: Amazon Basin, Yucatan Peninsula, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madres

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Yucatan Peninsula

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What was the name of the group of Native Americans that came before the Mayans and influenced the Mayan way of life? Options: Incas, Aztecs, Olmecs, Zulus

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Olmecs

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The primary Maya food was

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corn

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What was the social structure of the Mayans?

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Powerful priest-king (One True Man) on top; poor farmers and slaves on bottom

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The Maya used glyphs to

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represent words, syllables, and sounds as part of a complex system of writing

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Which sentence below most accurately describes Mayan religion? Options: They worshiped many gods and followed rituals based on a solar ritual calendar, The Mayans were largely Catholic because of the Spanish influence, Mayans had a single god of the sun that they worshipped, Mayans practiced Shintoism just like the ancient Japanese

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They worshiped many gods and followed rituals based on a solar ritual calendar

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Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write? Options: the merchants and artisans, the peasants, nobility and priests, the slaves

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nobility and priests

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Priests used the Sacred Round to

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determine the best days to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies.