Mayan Vocabulary Practice

What level of Mayan society did the difficult tasks, like building temples?

• Merchants

• Slaves

• Peasants

• Ajaw

The main crop grown by the Mayans is:

• Potatos
• Cotton
• Maize
• Beans

A farming method which involved cutting steps into the side of a mountain to make more flat land for farming.

• Terracing
• Slash-and-Burn
• Irrigation
• Chinapas

Tikal, Chichten Itza, Palenque and Tulum are all examples of Mayan:

• Bodies of Water
• Temples
• Ajaws
• City-States

This building was made of stone and usually found at the center of a city-state.  They were built to honor the gods:

• Temples
• Marketplaces
• Ajaw Home
• Acropolis

The Mayan ball game played with a heavy rubber ball:

• Soccer
• Basketball
• Pok-A-Tok
• Popol Vuh

Each Mayan city-state had a leader called:

• Papa Inca
• Emperor
• Ajaw
• President

The writing form of the Mayans used pictures as letters and was called:

• Glyphs
• Poetry
• Alphabet
• Mathematics

A farming method used by the Mayan which involved cutting down forest trees and burning them to create room for cities and farmland.

• Terracing
• Irrigation
• Slash-and-Burn
• Crop Rotation

The Maya believed in many gods. This is called:

• Monotheism

• Animism

• Polytheism

• Worship