1) Where was Maya civilization located? (Mesoamerica) a) Europe and India b) Southeast Africa c) Southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala 2) What was the land like in Mesoamerica? a) Mountain highlands, forests b) Lowlands, rainforests, grasslands, swamps c) Thick jungle d) Desert 3) Where did the Maya get many of their ideas from? a) Olmec b) peasants c) The gods. 4) What were the five levels of the Maya social structure? a) Ruler, Nobles, Priests, Slaves, Peasants b) Ruler, Nobles, Priests, Peasants, Slaves c) Ruler, Priests, Nobles, Peasants, Slaves 5) Where did they believe Mayan rulers got their power from? a) The gods b) The king c) Their parents 6) Who served as soldiers during wars? a) peasants b) nobles c) priests 7) Which groups of people were usually slaves? a) criminals b) war prisoners c) orphans d) children of slaves e) farmers 8) What jobs did slaves have? a) Worked in the homes of nobles b) Cared for children c) Cleaned d) Worked in fields e) Built the Maya temple f) Made jewelry and sold it 9) Which group of people were most used in human sacrifice? a) Peasants b) Nobles c) Slaves 10) What were some of the duties of Mayan women? a) Rose before dawn start a fire in the fireplace b) Cleaned the corn that soaked over night c) Cared for children and pets (ducks, turkeys) d) Swept home e) Went to school f) Spun and wove cotten 11) What were some of the responsibilities of Mayan men? a) worked the fields b) hunted animals c) Went to school d) built large buildings, palaces, temples e) peasant men served as soldiers 12) Were the Mayans polytheistic or monotheistic? a) monotheistic b) Polytheistic 13) What did the Maya believe about their gods? a) they created the world b) they could influence or destroy the world c) have babies 14) What was the purpose of priests? a) explain signs and lead people through rituals b) made hieroglyphics c) performed sacrifices and ceremonies d) read sacred books e) predicted the future 15) Why did the Maya sacrifice?  a) blood gave the gods strength b) to be rich c) honor the gods 16) What did they sacrifice?  a) food b) plants c) coal d) Jade e) blood f) flowers and feathers 17) Who did they sacrifice in blood sacrifices?  a) orphans b) slaves c) enemy nobles captured in war d) children 18) How were Maya city-states connected? a) belief in the same gods b) common written language c) boating d) social structure 19) If a king died, who became the king afterward? a) uncle b) Stayed in the family or passed to his son c) elected by people 20) Why were priests critical in Maya government? a) deciding on the dates of ceremonies and festivals b) created hierarchy of priests c) taught in schools d) lead other priests 21) Who were Maya priests considered to be descendants from? a) King b) Parents c) The gods 22) What were the priests in charge of within the government? a) They controlled the people's daily lives b) Decided how much food to sacrifice c) Who'd be king d) When they should plant crops e) Who should marry 23) What were some of the punishments if someone committed a crime? a) Fines b) slavery c) death d) prison 24) What were the primary Mayan crops? a) chilli peppers b) beans c) Corn(maize) d) squash e) sugar 25) What were the different agricultural techniques they had in Mayan civilization? a) Built terraces into mountain highlands b) Slash-burn agriculture in forest lowland areas c) They used trucks to plant crop d) In swamps, they built raised earth platforms e) Drained swamps and cleared hillsides 26) Why did the Mayans have to use different agricultural techniques? What was their biggest challenge a) their growing population b) the wetlands c) the hurricanes 27) What was the purpose of record-keeping? a) deciding on the dates of ceremonies b) essential to their farming, astronomy, and prophecy c) to pay taxes 28) What was the form of writing the Mayans used? a) oleco b) sign langugae c) hieroglyphics 29) What is a glyph? a) a priest b) a god c) picture or a symbol that is used to represent a sound, a word 30) What were Mayan books created from? what made it white? a) stone, bleach b) soft tree bark, lime c) plants, acid 31) What were the mayan books called a) codex b) rolodex c) glyph 32) What were the two calendars a) sacred calendar b) regular events calendar c) moon calendar 33) Used for planning religous events a) sacred calendar b) regular calendar 34) based on the movement of the earth and sun a) regular events b) sacred 35) What were the advance in math? a) geometry b) creation of zero c) alegbra 36) What were the advances in astronomy a) predict eclipse b) orbit of the planet venus c) sending a spaceship to the moon 37) Who carried the goods along the trade route a) slaves b) nobles c) kings 38) the exchange of certain goods for others a) barter b) gamble 39) What item were traded a) salt b) honey c) dry fish d) turtle eggs e) jade f) children 40) What three things influence maya works of art a) religion b) rulers c) daily life d) money

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