Mayan/Aztec

What type of villages did the Mayan live in?

• Isolated
• Grouped
• Religious
• Lower

What do you call a payment made to a more powerful ruler or country?

• tribute
• jade
• coins
• balance

Maize is

• a crop that was grown by the Mayans
• a place of worship
• an area where crops are grown
• the name of Mayan leaders

Pyramids and Temples are found in what civilization?

• Inca
• Aztec
• Mayan
• Sumer

In the Mayan society, who provided food and labor?

• Upper class
• The kings
• The gods
• Lower class

Many civilizations have hierarchy or class systems.  What is the order of people in the Aztec society?

• merchants, warriors, farmers, gods, slaves
• slaves, farmers, nobles, priests, kings
• nobles, priests, merchants, farmers, slaves
• gods, kings, slaves, farmers, merchants

Chinampas were built by the Aztecs because

• of the lack of temples
• of too much farmland
• of the lack of farmland
• of too many temples

What did the Mayan writing symbols represent?

• jade and obsidan
• religion and architecture
• cloth and salt
• objects and sound

In the Mayan society, what was the primary responsibility of the  upper class?

• education
• religious ceremonies
• harvesting food
• constructing temples

Increased warfare, a large population, and severe droughts are all theories about...

• Mayan gods
• creating warriors
• Mayan decline
• reigious festivals