Maya Civilization

Which crop did the Maya consider sacred?

• Cacao Bean

• Avocado

• Maize

Astronomers used their observations to help them calculate ____________?

• the best times for harvesting crops and for celebrations.

• the best times for planting and harvesting crops and for religious celebrations.

• the best times for watering and selling crops and for religious celebrations.

The surpluses allowed some people to become?

• priests, merchants, and warriors

• priests, merchants, and craftspeople

• farmers, merchants, and craftspeople

What did the Maya develop to help them with calculations that were used to record astronomical observations?

• Concept of zero, place value, and to calculate sums up to the hundreds of millions.

• Concept of adding, place value, and to calculate sums up to the hundreds of thousands.

• Concept oz zero, place value, and to calculate sums up to the hundreds of billions.

The development of Maya cities produced a class system with four main classes. What are they in correct order from top to bottom?

• King, priests and warriors, merchants and craftspeople, farmers

• King, priests, warriors and craftspeople, farmers

• King, priests and warriors, merchants and farmers

What is a creation story?

• an account that explains how the world began and how people came to exist.

• a story that explains how the aztec civilization began and how people lived.

• an account that explains how the Zapotec, Olmec, and Maya civilizations began and how people came to lived.

Maya astronomers observed 4 things. List them:

• sunset, moon light, planets, and stars

• sun, moon, planets, and stars

• sun, moon, the black hole, and stars

Define Codex

• syllables, and sounds that could be combined into complex sentences.

• a creation story

• a folded book made of tree-bark paper

Define glyphs

• a folded book made of tree-bark paper

• words, syllables, and sounds that could be combined into complex sentences.

• Maya creation story

In addition to doing their own work, sometimes farmers had to tend the king’s fields and build _______ and ________ in his cities.