History Lesson 6. The Mayas

Some Mayas, established in the South of the Peninsula of Yucatán in the state of _____________.

• Chiapas

• Tabasco and Veracruz

• Nuevo Leon

• Tamaulipas

The weather in the Southern part of the peninsula was....

• hot and dry

• humid and hot

• cold

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The principal cities that the Mayas from the south founded were:

• Uxmal and Mayapan

• Chichen- itza and Uxmal

• Monterrey

• Palenque and Bonampak

Another group of Mayas established in the north of the peninsula, founding the cities of:

• Uxmalichin

• Uxmal, Mayapan, and Chichen-itzá

• Palenque and Bonampak

• Taco Palenque

In the northern part of the peninsula, the weather was....

• hot and dry

• hot and full of vegetation

• very cold

• super hot

What is a cenote?

• a store

• an underground deposit of water

• a river

• an ocean

The Mayas had many social classes and were ruled by a .....

• plebeian

• president

• governor

• king

These men were the kings and the ones having the important jobs in the government.

• plebeians

• nobles

• warriors

These were the wise and respectable men who held the monopoly in learning.

• nobles

• priests

• plebeians

• kings

These were the poor men who had to work for the nobles and lived in poor villages around the castles.

• nobles

• priests

• plebeians

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