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The Maya: Quick Review
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What kind of tools did the Maya use?
Metal
Stone
Clay
Gold
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What did the Mayans use as fertiliser?
Ash
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The Maya dug ______ through their fields to water their crops.
Canals/irrigation ditches
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What are Mayan stone columns called?
Stelae
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The Mayans lived in what is now called Cuba. True or false?
False.
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Name three Mayan crops
corn/maize, squash, beans, cocoa, avocado, sweet potato
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What do archaeologists call a Mayan "book"?
Codex
Script
Tome
Volume
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Name the modern-day countries where the Maya lived
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize
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What did the Maya use to make clothes?
Cotton
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What does "hunter-gatherer society" mean?
People moved from place to place to find/hunt for food. They did not stay in one place for a long time.
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What base number system did the Mayans use?
Base 20
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King Pakal of Palenque became king when he was
13 years old
12 years old
10 years old
11 years old
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What kind of natural environment did the Mayans live in? (for example: desert, plains etc.)
Jungle
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Roughly how many years ago did the Maya begin to settle?
+-2300
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What technique did the Mayans use to farm in mountainous areas?
Stepped/terraced farming
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What did the Maya use cocoa for?
To make a chocolate drink
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When was said to be the height of the Mayan civilisation?
250 CE - 900 CE
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What happened to the Maya?
They disappeared
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The Maya used a flat stone called a ______ to grind ____/_____ into flour.
metate | corn/maize
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What do we call the group of men who helped the king?
Nobles
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The Mayan Empire was ruled by a single Emperor. True or false?
False
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What is another word for maize?
Corn
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What did the Mayans use their pyramids as/for? Name at least two things.
To bury dead kings, to observe the stars, to worship the gods
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What did the Maya call their bread?
Tortilla
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Where (geographically) did the Mayans live?
Central America
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What is the plural of codex?
codex's
codexes
codices
codes
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Roughly how many glyphs did the Mayan writing system use?
800
700
8000
7000
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What do we call a city that also behaves like a country?
City-state
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