The Mayans

Around what year did the Classic period end?

• 200 CE

• 900 C.E.

• 900 AD
• 1100 CE

The first Mesoamericans to use a solar calendar were the

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Olmecs

Priests used the Sacred Round to

• • assign duties, such as spinning, weaving, and cooking, to young men and women.

• determine the best days to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies.

• identify which families should be joined together through the marriages of their children.

• sacrifice the captain and members of the losing team after a game of pok-a-tok.

Who were considered the backbone of Maya society because they grew most of the food?

• Priests

• Peasants

• Nobles

• Artisans

How did Maya farmers adapt to the environment of the mountainous highlands?

• they used slash-and-burn agriculture to clear new land for planting.

• They spread chemical fertilizers on their fields to maximize their crop yields.

• They constructed raised-earth platforms surrounded by canals to drain off rainwater.

• They built terraces to make more land available for planting.

The Maya built their cities around religious and ceremonial centers because

• these centers kept the Maya safe from enemies.

• religion was very important to the Maya.

• these were the only buildable sites in Mesoamerica.

• all of the above

Who was at the top of the social pyramid in each Maya city-state?

• The Ruler

• Peasants

• Noobles

• Priests

Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write

• Salves

• the ruler, nobles, and priests

• the merchants and artisans

What happened that marked the end of the Classic period of Mayan history?

• Maya had abandoned their large cities to the jungle.

• The last of the Maya had died after a generation of warfare.

• Europeans had arrived and conquered Maya civilization.

• • A meteor had destroyed the entire city of Chichén Itzá.

The primary Maya food was

• Corn

• fish

• Takis and hot Cheetos.

• wheat