Lesson 26: The Maya Lesson Game

The primary Maya food was

• berries

• corn

• fish

• wheat

What happened that marked the end of the Classic period of Mayan history?

• A meteor had destroyed the entire city of Chichén Itzá.

• Europeans had arrived and conquered Maya civilization.

• Maya had abandoned their large cities to the jungle.

• The last of the Maya had died after a generation of warfare.

Mayan culture flourished in the region known as

• Mesoamerica

• the Midlands

• the Caribbean

• Mesopotamia

The Maya developed their own system of hieroglyphic writing during the

• Anti-Classic period

• Classic period

• Post-Classic period

• Pre-Classic period

Tikal, Copan, Chichén Itzá, and Palenque are four major Maya

• cities

• dishes

• gods

• rulers

Who was at the top of the social pyramid in each Maya city-state?

• the nobles

• the peasants

• the priests

• the ruler

Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write?

• the merchants and artisans

• the peasants

• the ruler, nobles, and priests

• the slaves

Who were considered the backbone of Maya society because they grew most of the food?

• artisans

• nobles

• peasants

• priests

Which statement about daily life is true?

• Women and girls prepared the food and cared for the home.

• Men and boys cared for the small children and animals.

• Women and girls worked hard tending the crops in the fields.

• Men and boys gathered cotton, which they spun and wove into cloth.

What happened at the ceremony that marked the birth of a child?

• The priest gave the baby to another family to raise for four years.

• The priest forecast the baby's future.

• The priest sacrificed the baby if it was a peasant.

• The priest revealed who the baby's spouse would be.