Lesson 26 The Maya

Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?

• to foretell the future

• to carve temple sculptures

• to lead peasant armies

• to conduct long-distance trade

What was an important use of the Sacred Round?

• to choose a bride or groom

• to visit other cities for trade

• to get water for the community

• to determine when to plant crops

Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Maya today?

• Panama

• Venezuela

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

When a Maya couple first married, where did they go to live?

• to a faraway city, where they could have some independence

• to the husband's childhood home, where his wife helped cook

• to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food

• to the home of the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them

What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent settlements?

• sailing

• farming

• metal tools

• wild animals

One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to

• make tools out of metal.

• build carts that had wheels

• use horses or oxen to pull plows

• write by using pictures as symbols

Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe after 1500?

• beans

• squash

• sugar

• chocolate

Which agricultural technique did the Maya use to farm in the mountains?

• terraces

• crop rotation

• raised-earth platforms

• slash-and-burn agriculture

Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same

• army

• calendar

• landscape

• government

When the cities of the southern lowlands collapsed, what took their place?

• desert

• jungle

• swamp

• grassland