History year 5

What does the term MESOAMERICA mean?

• Near America
• Under America
• Middle America
• Kind of America

What part of MesoAmerica were the Maya located?

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Northern Mexico
• Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras
• Central Mexico

Why did the Maya sacrifice people?

• They were cannibals
• It was punishment for slaves
• They believed the heart had special powers
• It was an offering to their gods

The Maya

• had a system of writing like hieroglyphics that represented sounds and also had a system for numbers

• spoke Nahuatl

• spoke Quechua

• built chinampas on Lake Texcoco

In the Maya culture, priests were

• not that important

• the second to lowest class of society, above serfs

• equal to farmers because there were so many of them

• ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors

Which shows the correct Maya class system?

• King, priests & warriors, merchants & craftspeople, farmers & slaves

• Kings, priests, warriors, then farmers

• Kings, warriors, priests & merchants, farmers

• Kings, priests, farmers, slaves

Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?

• They built a pyramid

• They played a complicated ball game

• They created a 365 day calendar

• all of the above

What was the staple crop (most important food source) for the Maya people?

• Avocados
• Rubber
• Maize (corn)
• Bananas

The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.

• 1
• - 1
• 0
• Infinity

This is a term for "Middle America" refers to Mexico, Central America, and the Northern part of South America.

• Sub Sahara
• Mesoamerica
• Sahel
• Caribbeano Centralio