The Ancient Maya Vocabulary Lesson 2

The Ancient Maya Vocabulary Lesson 2

Use these slides to learn your vocabulary words, the complete your benchmark sentences on Google Classroom.

Foundation, p. 12

The foundation of Maya society was a sense of order and balance.

Multiple Choice

What does foundation mean based on context clues?

• a load-bearing part of a building

• an underlying basis or principle

• to discover ancient treasures

Orderly, p. 12

The key to an orderly society was to use these forces to control and regulate their world.

Multiple Choice

What is the root word of orderly?

• order

• ly

• or

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is orderly?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What word does orderly describe in this sentence?

• world

• control

• key

• society

horizontal, p.17

Carved stone horizontal beams, ceramic figurines, and pottery show kings, queens, and nobles performing such acts.

Multiple Choice

Which picture is horizontal?

Multiple Choice

What is the root word of horizontal?

• zontal

• horizon

• al

Horizon

the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet