Maya Test

Question 0

An extended dry period is a

Answer 0

Drought

Question 1

A bark paper book of the maya is called a

Answer 1

Codex

Question 2

Is believed that the earliest Americans came to the New World via by where a land bridge over the frozen

Answer 2

Bering straight

Question 3

The —– was mother culture for the maya

Answer 3

Olmec

Question 4

The ——- ——- juts into the sea and separates the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

Answer 4

Yucatan peninsula

Question 5

The area known as ———— is located in southern Mexico and northern Central America

Answer 5

Mesoamerica

Question 6

The earliest Americans were —— ——– they did not plant crops or raise animals

Answer 6

Hunter gatherers

Question 7

Believed required – – – – to keep them on their side. To keep bad events from happening.

Answer 7

Blood sacrifice

Question 8

The Maya built ________ from which to study the stars and planets

Answer 8

Observatories

Question 9

The maya developed an advanced mathematical system the number ________ which is essential to math as we know it

Answer 9

Zero

Question 10

The Maya developed sophisticated and accurate ________ to record celestial events and times and seasons for planting and religious ceremonies

Answer 10

Calendar

Question 11

The maya had formed of writing . They used symbols to represent things and sound. The symbols are called ______

Answer 11

Glyphs

Question 12

To maya often Made ______ _______ to appease their gods

Answer 12

Human sacrifices

Question 13

The Maya wrote on books made of bark paper and on stone tablets called

Answer 13

Stele

Question 14

The Maya and the Olmec both played a game on courts with hoops. The players could not use their _____ or____ when they tried to make a basket

Answer 14

Hands or feet

Question 15

The soil from volcanoes that washed down the mountains into the flat plane areas is called_________. This was ideal for growing crops like maize.

Answer 15

Alluvial soil

Question 16

These are cities of the Maya

Answer 16

Tikal and palenque

Question 17

These are shaped like steps And are carved into the sides of hills and mountains to create areas in which to grow crops

Answer 17

Terraces

Question 18

This is a measurement of the height land above sea level

Answer 18

Elevation

Question 19

This is a technique for clearing the land so as to be able to plant crops

Answer 19

Slash/ burn

Question 20

This is found in the center of towns and cities. It is a place where people gather, government and religious buildings are located and cultural events take place.

Answer 20

Plaza

Question 21

This is the most important stable crop of the mesoamericas and is one of the most important grains I the world

Answer 21

Maize

Question 22

This is the plant where chocolate comes from

Answer 22

CoCoa bean

Question 23

This stone was traded by the Mayan and was and still used for jewelry

Answer 23

Jade

Question 24

This volcanic rock was used to make tools and weapons; in fact this was used in place of metal to construct a great building of the Maya . What is this stone called?

Answer 24

Obsidian

Question 25

When peps take animals and crops and raise them as their own for food they change them along the way

Answer 25

Domestication

Question 26

When the same type of plants are planted in the same are year after year the ground becomes weaker, this causes ________ which may have led to the decline of the Maya

Answer 26

Starvation