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WorksheetsGr. 10 History Bi-Monthly Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
People who lived during the Ice Age were called Nomads. This means:
They moved from place to place following the animals for food
They lived in brick houses
Plant their own food and build cities
What where the two indigenous groups in the Caribbean?
Omec and Nahuatl
Tainos and Maya
Sioux and Cherokee
Taino and Kalinagos
The Tainos lived on the following islands EXCEPT:
Jamaica
Belize
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The Kalinagos built their houses near the sea in order to:
To guard against surprise attacks from their enemies
Acquire fish to eat
Get the fresh sea breeze
Canoe- racing
Which group was located on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Maya
Kalinagos
Tainos
None of the above
Mayans lived in an areas called a
countries
empires
squads
city-states
Which indigenous group flourished from 300-900 AD?
Kalinagos
Maya
Tainos
None of the above
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
What did Mayan people wear to show they were very important?
Dresses
Jewelry
Feather Hats
Tattoos
Which of the following was NOT one of the main foods of the Maya?
Chili Peppers
Tomatoes
Maize
Sweet Potatoes
Eventually, what was used as currency (money)
cocoa beans
vanilla beans
gold coins
maize kernals
What did the Mayans do to please their gods?
offer them blood through human sacrifice
pray five times a day
play a ball game
fast for a month
The Mayans believed in many gods, this is seen as:
Polythestic
Monotheistic
Animistic
Supernatural
All of the following was a building material were used by the Mayans EXCEPT:
Paint
Iron
stone
Wood
As a mayan ruler this title was usually a hereditary position. This meant that his post was:
handed down from distant cousins
passed down from grand-father to grand-daughter
passed down from mother to grandson
passed down from father to son
According to the social pyramid, what is the name of the Mayan leader.
Nacoms
Batobabs
Halach Unic
Ppolms
All of the following were roles of the mrechants EXCEPT:
At as spies for the supreme ruler
traded goods crafted by women in other cities.
link other city states through trade relations
plant crops and trade surplus with other indigenous groups
Nacoms were the warriors and the ppolms were the
priests
astrologers
leader
merchants
The batabs/batabobs were the chief of the villages, while the priest were
Astrologers
Farmers
commoners
warriors
Which of the following was NOT a major accomplishment of the Maya?
Calendar
Agriculture
monotheism (belief in one god)
Sophisticated art and architecture
