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What happened to the ancient Mayans?

Open Ended

What do you think happened to the Mayans?

Multiple Choice

Where would drought most likely occur for the Mayans?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Mountains

• Tundra

Multiple Choice

What is another word for starvation?

• abundance

• famine

• heatlhy

• surplus

Multiple Choice

What is slash-and-burn farming?

• cutting down trees to farm on that land

• cutting out part of the mountains to farm

• burning crops to sacrifice to the gods

• using diesel fuel to fertilize the soil.

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Multiple Choice

Who would be most likely to start an uprising?

• Craftsmen

• Priests

• Farmers

• Traders

Multiple Choice

What is a city-state?

• an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of government, social structure, religion, technology, and agricultural practices have been reached

• a self-governing region consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

• a cultural region centered around southern Mexico in which a number of early American civilizations developed

• the belief in or worship of more than one god

Multiple Choice

The Spanish destroyed the Maya civilization.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

One Maya king ruled the entire Maya civilization.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

One theory of Maya disappearance is that a widespread war weakened the civilization leading to its end.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Mayans could easily move from one social class to another.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

There is not one single proven theory as to the end of the Maya civilization.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would have most likely led to wide-spread starvation?

• War

• Uprisings of the lower class

• Disease

• Deforestation

Multiple Choice

Why did the Spanish burn many of the codices they found?

• they were frustrated they couldn't read them

• they thought it contained the writings of devils

• they didn't care what the Mayans had to say

• they believed their religion was unfounded