Mayan Empire Study Guide F1 2020-2021

Why did the Mayan Civilization decline?

• Warfare weakened the empire; drought may have caused food shortages

• Warfare strengthened the empire; they had an abundance of crops, but no one would trade with him

• Everyone in the empire left for better jobs and homes

• An earthquake took place leveling the empire

A City- State is a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

• True

• False

What is a slash-burn?

• When men chopped wood to burn for cooking and keeping warm

• When attackers go in stealing everything and then burning houses down

• a farming method that rotates crops planted on a plot of land

• a farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned

The Mayan empire traveled by footpaths and canoes. What does this tell you about their empire?

• They didn't travel

• They did not have roads

• They loved to swim

• They went by railway

In the Mayan society the priests have the most power in the empire. Why?

• The Mayans believed in a strong central government

• The Mayans mimicked the lives of successful Vikings

• The Mayans believed that the priests could communicate with the gods

• The Mayans believed in a democracy