Mayan Writing, Agriculture, and the Great Mystery

Slash and Burn was used by the Maya for what purpose?

• Farming

• Destroying Rival Cities

• Sacrifice

• Trade

The Maya raised a variety of crops including....

• Chilis

• Squash

• Pumpkins

• All foods listed

Man made reservoirs were one way in which the Maya collected water to use in

• fighting forest fires

• irrigation systems

• swimming pools

• to promote fishing

Ditches dug by the Maya to move water from place to place were called

• canals

• sewer pipes

• water slides

• bathtubs

Religion played an important role in Mayan Farming.

• True

• False

The Maya used a traditional alphabet.

• True

• False

The picture symbols used in Mayan writing were called

• Letters

• Numbers

• Glyphs

• Texts

A Mayan book was called a

• stella

• mural

• painting

• codex

Who destroyed most of the Mayan Books when they invaded Mesoamerica

• The Toltec

• The Spanish

• The French

• Aliens

So far, we understand how many of the Mayan glyphs

• All of them

• Most of them

• Fewer than half

• none of them