Mayan Vocabulary Quiz

What is your name?

What period are you in?

• 2nd
• 3rd
• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

A pyramid is a place of worship

• True
• False

What were the two items that were commonly traded and what were they?

(a)  

He also wore bracelets, anklets, necklaces and what the archaeologists believe to be a funerary mask with eyes made of green obsidian.

• glass formed by the cooling of lava with crystallization
• mixture containing two or more metallic elements
• fiber of a palm tree, used in weaving
• large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin

Some farmers are also beginning to grow a variety of crops in case their maize harvest fails.

• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
• tall perennial woody plant ahving a main trunk and branches
• an aromatic annual or perennial herb or shrub
• a aromatic gum resin formerly valued for worship

What would one do with a codex?

• eat it
• ride it
• read it
• play it

Who is engaged in the act of worship?

• a patient ashking his doctor questions
• a child choosing a dog from a shelter
• a custodian cleaning a school
• a nun praying at a holy place

What is a city state?

• a society that has a large population, labor is divided among others, and people have specialization with their jobs
• large monument with a square base and four triangular sides
• an independent nation comprised of a single town
• A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
• An area in southeastern Mexico where some of the Maya civilization developed.

drought means:

• the state of the economy declines
• status established in order of importance or urgency
• a shortage of rainfall
• a desirable state