Americas

The Maya

• had a system of writing like hieroglyphics that represented sounds and also had a system for numbers.

• spoke Nahuatl.

• spoke Quechua.

• kept records on quipu.

To please the gods, the Maya offered

• food & animals

• plants & precious objects

• human sacrifice

• all of the above

Which physical region did the Maya civilization inhabit?

• The Amazon Basin
• The Andes Mountains
• The Atacama Desert
• The Yucatan Peninsula

What was the staple crop (most important food source) for the people of the Americas?

• avocados

• potatoes

• maize (corn)

• bananas

What is the type of farming used in the rainforest where the vegetation was cut away then started on fire to clear the land for planting crops?

• slash and burn

• terraced farming

• raised platform farming

• chinampas

The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

• pictographs.

• an alphabet.

• hieroglyphs.

• runes.

The Mayans were able to create a detailed calendar because of their advancements in

• astronomy and architecture.

• literature and agriculture.

• astronomy and mathematics.

• mathematics and art.

Which of the following is/are possible explanation(s) for the disappearance of the Mayas?

• population outgrew area to farm

• warfare from outside

• severe drought

• all of the above

What is the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America?

• Mesoamerica

• Mesopotamia

• Midland

• Mayas

The Maya, Inca, and Aztec believed in more than one god. This is called _____________.

• nomadic

• polytheism

• monotheism

• microtheism