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

What is an extreme shortage of food known as?

• Abundance

• Famine

• Feast

• Surplus

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

What does it mean to leave something behind?

• Abandon

• Retrieve

• Secure

• Acquire

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

• Theory

• Guess

• Assumption

• Speculation

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

• Hieroglyphs

• Alphabets

• Glyphs

• Numerals

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

• South America

• Mesoamerica

• North America

• Eurasia