Maya Civilization Quick Check

The Maya had a social structure that was divided into an upper, middle, and lower class.

• True

• False

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

• Priests

• Warriors

• Craftsmen

• Farmers

Which physical region did the Maya civilization inhabit?

• The Amazon Basin
• The Andes Mountains
• The Atacama Desert
• The Yucatan Peninsula

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

• Avocados
• Wheat

• Corn

• Bananas

Mayas worshipped many gods

• true
• false

How did the Maya worship their gods?

• prayer in the temples

• human sacrifice

• through songs and plays

Why were the Maya cities abandoned throughout their history?

• Warfare

• Drought

• Disease

• Possibly a combination of all three theories, we are really not sure what happened

True or False: The Maya people had no way of writing or doing math.

• True

• False

The Maya developed a form of writing that used 800 different symbols or pictographs.  What is this called?

• A Telescope
• Hieroglyphics
• Astronomy
• A Codex

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Which of the following was NOT a type of farming that the Mayans used?

• chinampas

• step farming

• using raised garden beds

• slash and burn