The Advancements of the Mayan Civilization

Which group of people strongly influenced the Mayan civilization?

• The Incas

• The Aztecs

• The Olmecs

• The Toltecs

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

• in what is now Ecuador

• in what is now Mexico City

• from modern day Ecuador through Peru and down through the middle of Chile

• from Southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, down into Guatemala & Belize

The Mayan people lived in a hierarchical society, which means the people were divided into separate social classes. What was the social class at the top of the Mayan society?

• The ruling class

• The nobility/professional class

• The commoners

• The slaves

Which Mayan social class contained scholars, architects and merchants?

• The ruling class

• The commoners

• The nobility/professional class

• The slaves

Most Mayan people farmed and labored to keep the two upper classes happy and were part of which social class?

• The ruling class

• The slaves

• The nobility/professional class

• The commoners

What type of writing did the Mayan's use?

• The alphabet

• Hieroglyphs

• Numerical codes

• Simple drawings

Slaves, found at the bottom of the social hierarchy, were usually prisoners of war brought back to Mayan cities to work or to be ...

• used as Ball Game players.

• offered as human sacrifices to the gods.

• made into farmers.

• taught to read and write.

The Mayans painted glyphs with ink inside these books made of animal skin or bark.

• codex

• chinampas

• chasquis

• terraces

Some of the most important Mayan accomplishments included:

• Medical advancements, such as a brain surgery technique, blood transfusions, making medicines, and a system to record information called quipu.

• A writing system, a calendar based on the movement of the planets, canals, and terraces for farming.

• The use of a calendar, the building of ceremonial centers and development of the ball game.

• Floating gardens called chinampas, causeways and aqueducts.

One of the most impressive cities created by the Mayans was ...

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Palenque City

• San Lorenzo