Early Americas

Where did the Maya live?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America mainly Peru

The Maya had a class system that divided people into different levels of society

• True

• False

The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.

• True

• False

Compared to the Aztec and the Inca, the Maya civilization rose and fell

• first

• second

• third

• all of the above

In the Maya culture, priests were

• not that important

• the second to lowest class of society, above serfs

• equal to farmers because there were so many of them

• ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors

Why would the Maya make sacrifices to their gods?

• to please the gods and get a good harvest

• to use the temple

• to establish the power of their city-state

What is a city-state?

• an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops

• the building where a bureaucrat works

• the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city

• a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state

Who was a very important god to the Maya religion?

• the god of Maize

• the god of the temples

• the god of dirt

• the god of wind

What modern-day country was once occupied by the Incas?

• Mexico

• Peru

• Guatemala

• Colombia

What modern-day country was once occupied by the Aztecs?

• Mexico

• Peru

• Guatemala

• Colombia