Ch 16.2: Topics 2 & 4 Maya Review

This city was known as the "Cradle of the Maya civilization"

• El Mirador

• Chichen Itza

• Tenochtitlan

• Copan

A Mayan city can best be described as a(n)

• small kingdoms

• independant city-state

• ruled by a single government

• rarely trading with one another

Which one is the Maya civilization?

• A

• B

• C

Match the bodies of water.

• 3

• Atlantic Ocean

• 1

• Pacific Ocean

• 2

• Gulf of Mexico

Stone slabs that had the Mayan king's actions recorded on them were called

• chinampas

• stelae

• glyphs

• terraces

Mayan mathematical skills and calculations were used to record astonomical observations

• True

• False

The Mayan writing system were pictures called

• stelae

• codices

• glyphs

• scribes

Most Mayan cities had a large ​ (a)   in the center of it.

• plaza
• pyramid
• religious temple

The Mayan civilization may have ended due to... (select all that apply)

• war

• overcrowding

• food shortages

• Spanish attacks

A folded book made of tree bark is called a

• chinampas

• glyphs

• codex

• stelae