Mesoamerica

Maize is

• a crop that was grown by the Mayans
• a place of worship
• an area where crops are grown
• the name of Mayan leaders

What great city was built on the island of Lake Texacoco?

• Palenque
• Sumer
• Mesopatamia
• Tenochtitlan

The Mayans worked to please the gods through their daily life.  What type of religion were the Mayans?

• Christian

• Monotheistic

• Polytheisic

• Buddhist

The Mayans lived in which area of the world:

• South America: Peru and Ecuador

• Mesoamerica: Guatemala and Mexico

• North America: Southern United States and Mexico

• Africa: Zimbabwe and Lesotho

What was the name of the peninsula where the Mayans largely lived?

• Baja California Peninsula
• Iberian Peninsula
• Florida Peninsula
• Yucatan Peninsula

What was the name of the group of Native Americans that came before the Mayans and influenced the Mayan way of life?

• Incas
• Aztecs
• Olmecs
• Zulus

How did the Mayan people communicate?

• They used glyphs

• They used sign language

• They only used oral language and story telling

• Each city-state spoke its own language

What was the staple crop (most important food source) for the Maya people?

• Avocados
• Rubber
• Maize (corn)
• Bananas

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

• 1
• - 1
• 0
• Infinity

The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

• numbers

• letters

• glyphs

• lines