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Nat Geo Chp 8 Sect 2.1-2.5

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Question 2
2.

Select the Mayan crops:

Question 3
3.

The development of Maya cities produced a class system with four main classes. Match the class with its position on the pyramid above.

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king
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priests and warriors
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merchants and craftspeople
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farmers and slaves
Question 4
4.

Match the class with their jobs.

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farmers and slaves
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performed religious ceremonies
craftspeople
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decided when farmers could plant and when people could marry
priests
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designed builings and temples
merchants
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sold and traded goods
king
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given the worst jobs
Question 5
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Most of the slaves were _____ ___ _____ and were often killed when their masters died.

Question 6
6.

How did farmers ensure successful farming?

Question 7
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In addition to doing their own work, sometimes farmers had to tend the king’s fields and build _____ ___ _____ in his cities.

Question 8
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To please the gods, the Maya made frequent offerings of . . .

Question 9
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The Maya believed that _____ nourished the gods.

Question 10
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The _____ god often appeared as a handsome young man with hair made of maize silk. He represented the cycle of life (birth, death, rebirth) as well as the cycle of maize (planting, harvesting, replanting).

Question 11
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One of the earliest of these cities was ___ _____, which has been called the “cradle of the Maya civilization.”

Question 12
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Although each was an independent city-state ruled by a king, _____ linked the city-states.

Question 13
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Merchants often paid for salt and jade jewelry with _____ _____.

Question 14
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What might you visit in an ancient Mayan city?

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Question 15
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Why did the players wear heavy padding?

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Question 16
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Players were not allowed to touch the ball with their _____.

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Question 18
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What happened to the captain of the losing Maya team?

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Question 20
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Artists carved stone slabs called _____ to honor their kings.

Question 21
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When _____ conquerors arrived in the 1500s, only weakened city-states had been left behind.

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Question 22
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What is this a picture of?

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Question 23
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_____ represent days and months.

Question 24
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Match the Mayan numbers with today's numbers

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Question 25
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What important advances in mathematics, astronomy, and writing did the Maya achieve?

Question 26
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Mayan scribes recorded their people’s history in a folded book made of tree-bark paper called a _____.

Question 27
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The most famous Mayan book is called the _____ _____, which recounts the Maya creation story.

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Question 28
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This page from a Maya _____ contains painted figures, numbers, and astronomical tables.

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Question 29
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According to this passage, how did the Maya gods form Earth?

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Question 30
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In this excerpt, what was the world like before God brought light to the earth?

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Question 31
31.

In this myth, what elements formed heaven?

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Question 32
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In this myth, what elements formed the earth?

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Select the areas of the Maya civilization.

Question 17
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How long did a game often last?

Question 19
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What game do we play today that evolved from this Mesoamerican game? (This is an inference - the answer is not in the book)