Maya

Where did the Maya live?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America mainly Peru

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

The large stepped pyramids of the Maya served as ______________ to the Gods.

• Ball-game courts
• Temples
• Military Barracks
• Trade Ports

The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.

• 1

• - 1

• 0

• Infinity

Why did the Mayans abandon their city-states?

• To avoid the Spanish
• Overly populated
• Disease & warfare
• No one really knows

The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

• numbers
• letters
• hieroglyphics
• lines

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

• True

• False

Who made up the majority of the population in the Maya society?

• Priests

• Warriors

• Craftsmen

• Farmers

For the Maya, what determined where they lived and how they dressed?

• How close they lived to a temple

• Their place in the class system

• How good the harvest was

• All of the above

Which of the following is an example of Maya architecture ?

• shinto shrine
• step pyramid
• castle
• ziggurat