Jaden Maya quizizz

We can learn about Maya from the _____ and _____.

• Mayan ruins... Mayan descendants today

• Mayan ruins... Spanish records taken by Cortez

• cacao trees... Mayan descendants today

• cacao trees... Spanish records taken by Cortez

Which statement is correct?

• There are around 7-8 million descendants of Maya living today.

• There are around 300 million descendants of Maya living today.

• Mayan women usually wear a shirt and a long skirt

• Mayan women usually wear a turban and a long shirt

C_______ is the largest traditional market in the whole of Guatemala, selling a lot of produce.

(type out the whole word)

1. About 40% of ​ (a)   's population are descended from the Maya. 

2. Maya people are well-known for their brightly-coloured textile made of ​ (b)   .​

• Guatemala
• cotton
• Honduras
• Mexico
• spandex
• wool

Steps to make tortillas:

1. Soak the maize in lime water overnight. 

2. Ground the maize with ​ (a)   to turn it into flour. 

3. Flour is ​ (b)   to make a paste. Cook the paste on a ​ (c)   to make tortillas. 

• metate
• mixed with water
• flat pan
• metete
• stored in a jar
• deep pot

How do Maya people clear the land for faming?

• Slash and burn technique

• Terrace hillsides

• Bash and burn technique

• Plant on hill beside forest

Which statements are correct?

• Modern day Maya men worked in the plantations that grow poppy for export.

• Modern day Maya men worked in the plantations that grow cotton for export.

• Maya people kept turkey in their house for meat, and also bees for honey.

• Maya people kept turkey in their house for meat, but not bees.

Which statements are correct?

• Most Maya children nowadays go to school.

• Most Maya children nowadays do not go to school.

• Maya people eat food such as corn on a cob and tortilla.

• Maya people do not eat corn on a cob, only tortilla.

​ (a)   has become a major holiday destination in Maya regiong. ​ (b)   is a big resort there. Cancún has 3.5 million tourists. Tourists go there to enjoy the beach and ​ (c)   .

• Costa Maya
• Cancún
• visit Maya ruins
• Concún
• play watersports
• Chica Maya

____ is an important skill in studying history. We need to know how things change, and why they change. 

• Continuity and change

• Conservation and change

• Classicality and change

• Continuity and conservations