Mayan Notebook Quiz

Mesoamerica is:

• the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America

  
  

• the region in the middle of the United States. Near Nebraska and Oklahoma

• a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops

  
  

• A way to grow wheat in Montana

Slash and burn agriculture is:

• the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America

  
  

• the region in the middle of the United States. Near Nebraska and Oklahoma

• a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops

  
  

• A way to grow wheat in Montana

The Mayans lived in this region:

• Northern Mexico

• South America

• Mesoamerica: southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize

The Aztecs lived in this region:

• Northern Mexico

• South America

• Mesoamerica: southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize

The Incas lived in this region:

• Northern Mexico

• South America

• Mesoamerica: southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize

A ceremonial center is:

• a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place

• writing that uses pictures as symbols

• a social structure in the shape of a pyramid, with layers representing social classes of different rank

  
  

• A place ONLY used for sacrifices

A hieroglyphic is:

• a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place

• writing that uses pictures as symbols

• a social structure in the shape of a pyramid, with layers representing social classes of different rank

  
  

• A calendar for predicting the right time to plant crops, start wars, or sacrifice to the gods

A sacred round is:

• a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place

• a god of war

• a social structure in the shape of a pyramid, with layers representing social classes of different rank

  
  

• A calendar for predicting the right time to plant crops, start wars, or sacrifice to the gods

A social pyramid is:

• a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place

• a survival structure for making it through the a famine

• a social structure in the shape of a pyramid, with layers representing social classes of different rank

  
  

• A calendar for predicting the right time to plant crops, start wars, or sacrifice to the gods

Choose the correct order of the Mayan Social Structure.

• slaves, ruler, peasants, merchants/artisans, nobles/priests
• nobles/priests, slaves, ruler, peasants, artisans/merchants
• Ruler, nobles/priests, merchants/artisans, commoners, slaves
• Rich dudes, poor dudes, average dudes