Latin America and SOL Review

Where did the Maya live?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America mainly Peru

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

• True

• False

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

To please the gods, the Maya offered

• food & animals

• plants & precious objects

• human sacrifice

• all of the above

Maya economy was based on...

• theocracy
• religious rituals
• agriculture and trade
• Chichen Itza & Tikal

In which ecological zone did the Maya live?

• desert
• mountains
• rainforest
• savanna

Which color represents where the Maya civilization was located?

• blue

• gray

• red

• green

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, mostly Peru

What were chinampas?

• the name for Aztec city-states

• people who lived in Tenochtitlan

• farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

• walls of skulls at temples