Key Terms - Maya Quiz

What term describes the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family?

• Commercial agriculture

• Subsistence agriculture

• Industrial farming

• Organic farming

What term describes a city that forms an independent state with its surrounding territory?

• Metropolis

• City-state

• Province

• Municipality

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is an extreme shortage of food known as?

• Abundance

• Famine

• Feast

• Surplus

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which farming method involves cutting trees and burning them to enrich the soil with ash?

• Crop rotation

• Slash-and-burn

• Terrace farming

• Hydroponics

What is the destruction of forests called?

• Reforestation

• Deforestation

• Afforestation

• Conservation

What is another name for corn?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Maize

• Barley

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does it mean to leave something behind?

• Abandon

• Retrieve

• Secure

• Acquire

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data called?

• Theory

• Guess

• Assumption

• Speculation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

What are symbolic pictures used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone called?

• Hieroglyphs

• Alphabets

• Glyphs

• Numerals

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America known as?

• South America

• Mesoamerica

• North America

• Eurasia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9