Chapter 2 Mayas vocab words

Question 1

An advanced state of Human society, in which a high level of government, social structure, religion, technology, and agriculture practices have been reached.

Answer 1

Civilizations

Question 2

A culture region centered around southern Mexico in which a number of early American civilizations developed.

Answer 2

Mesoamerica

Question 3

the belief in or worship of more than one god

Answer 3

Polytheistic

Question 4

a self-governing region consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.

Answer 4

City-state

Question 5

to closely watch the stars to keep track of the yearly patterns such as seasons

Answer 5

Astronomy

Question 6

solar calendars, sacred calendars, and “long count”, which was supposed to mark the date since the beginning of time

Answer 6

Calendars

Question 7

The Maya system of ______________ includes approximately 800 different symbols, or pictographs

Answer 7

Hieroglyphics

Question 8

a group of countries or region controlled by one ruler

Answer 8

Empire

Question 9

are high flat areas

Answer 9

Plateaus

Question 10

to preserve a body by embalming it and rapping it in cloth

Answer 10

Mummified

Question 11

A government is ruled by a powerful ______________

Answer 11

Emperor

Question 12

The only Inca

Answer 12

Sapa Inca

Question 13

More than one family in it, but they lived and worked together

Answer 13

Allyus

Question 14

a flat, level of land carved into a slope

Answer 14

Terrace

Question 15

a human-made channel across land that moves water from it’s source to where it’s needed for growing crops

Answer 15

Irrigation canals

Question 15

a vehicle consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by people or animals

Answer 15

Litters

Question 16

a channel or canal made for moving water across land

Answer 16

Aqueducts

Question 17

holds thousands of homes

Answer 17

Technochtitlan

Question 18

_____________________ was the 9th and last true emperor of the ancient Aztec civilization

Answer 18

Montezuma II

Question 19

expand their food supply in a way that kept their “farms” nearby where they could be easily tended

Answer 19

Chinampas

Question 20

homes made from logs or clay bricks called ____________.

Answer 20

Adobe

Question 21

a raised road way across a swamp or a body of water

Answer 21

Causeways

Question 22

a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease

Answer 22

Epidemic

Question 23

planting one crop, harvesting it, and then immediately planting another crop

Answer 23

Multicropping

Question 24

planting multiple types of crops together

Answer 24

Intercropping

Question 25

a fence, commonly made of wooden poles standing on end, that surrounds a settlement to protect from attack

Answer 25

Palisade

Question 25

a wide, water-filled ditch built to surround a settlement or building to protect it from attack

Answer 25

Moat

Question 26

a high cliff, often overlooking a river

Answer 26

Bluff

Question 27

were usually square or rectangular, but occasionally they were circular

Answer 27

Earthen mounds

Question 28

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked according to status or authority

Answer 28

Hierarchy