Maya Quiz

What is a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, natural resource that can be found in Mesoamerica?

• Obsidian
• Cacao
• Slash and Burn Agriculture
• Maize

What is a a small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate?

• Cacao
• Obsidian
• Slash and Burn Agriculture
• Maize

The process of cutting down trees, setting fire to the remaining foliage, and using The ashes to provide nutrients to the soil for the use of planting food crops.

• Slash and Burn Agriculture
• Obsidian
• Cacao
• Maize

Type of corn grown by Mesoamerican and Native American Civilizations.

• Maize
• Obsidian
• Cacao
• Slash and Burn Agriculture

A term for an earlier or ancient people's culture that has great and widespread influence on some later cultures and people.

• Mother Culture
• Mesoamerica
• Codex
• Tribuite

A region that includes the southern part of Mexico and much of Central America

• Mesoamerica
• Mother Culture
• Codex
• Tribuite

Book or pages held together used by early Mesoamerican civilizations to record historical and important events

• Codex
• Mother Culture
• Mesoamerica
• Tribuite

A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• Tribuite
• Mother Culture
• Mesoamerica
• Codex

green mineral, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc

• Jade
• Causeway
• Aqueduct
• chinampa

a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.

• Causeway
• Jade
• Aqueduct
• chinampa