ESL5(2-3) Social Studies: What were the Mayan city like?

The Maya never had one emperor ruling over them. Why?

• They had many emperors.

• They didn’t live together.

• They didn’t need a king.

• All of above.

There were many independent areas, each controlled by a different king.

There were called.........

• city-states

• city center

• downtown

• countryside

There were many different city-states in the  Maya. Did they speak different languages?

• YES

• NO

What language do the Maya speak?

At least 6 million people still speak Mayan today.

• True

• False

People in all the city-states worshiped in the different way and followed different laws.

• True

• False

Did the Maya share the same calendar?

• YES

• NO

We could know the city-states go against each other from...........

• wall paintings

• statues

• carvings

• bone

There was one city-state became very powerful and control whole Mayan civilization.

• True

• False

The farms were..............of the city.

• in the center

• on the edge

• on the left

• in the back