Lesson 10: Indigenous Cultures: The Survival of the Maya

Maya judges often require a person who does something wrong to another person to

• go to jail.

• visit a healer.

• pay restitution.

• leave the community.

Which term describes a group that has lived in an area since before it was taken over by outsiders?

• indigenous people

• foreign immigrants

• plural society

• political refugees

A traditional culture is based mainly on which of the following?

• ancestors' ways of life

• speaking two languages

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• adapting to modern society

Look at the elevation diagram of the Maya highlands below. Choose the letter where you would most like find a cloud forest.

• A

• B

• C

• D

How do most Maya children learn traditional skills such as farming and weaving?

• in village schools

• from their parents

• in municipal councils

• from religious brotherhoods

Which group is most likely to use the slash-and-burn method of clearing land?

• commercial growers

• migrant workers

• plantation owners

• subsistence farmers

How have Maya markets adapted to the modern world?

• Food stalls are all together.

• Markets are on Sunday.

• Weavers offer old designs.

• Money has replaced barter.

What has happened to traditional Maya religious beliefs in Guatemala?

• They have disappeared.

• They are followed in secret.

• They have blended with Catholicism.

• They have replaced the Catholic faith.

In which two countries do the Maya primarily live today?

• Mexico and Guatemala

• United States and Mexico

• Venezuela and Bolivia

• Brazil and Peru

Maya farmers have adapted to modern life by

• harvesting more corn than any other produce.

• using slash-and-burn method.

• working for wages on commercial farms.

• engaging in subsistence farming.