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Nat Geo Chp 8 Sect 2.1-2.5

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Question 2
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Question 3
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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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Question 4
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Match the class with their jobs.

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merchants
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performed religious ceremonies
craftspeople
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Question 5
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Most of the slaves were _____ ___ _____ and were often killed when their masters died.

Question 6
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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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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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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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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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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
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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 Mayan crops:
maize
peppers
cacao
peas
coffee
carrots
merchants and craftspeople
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farmers and slaves
decided when farmers could plant and when people could marry
farmers and slaves
designed builings and temples
priests
sold and traded goods
king
given the worst jobs
taught warriors how to harvest maize
built a colloseum to house their crops
looked to their gods to control the weather
To please the gods, the Maya made frequent offerings of . . .
objects
merchants
food
animals
slaves
plants
kings
fire
What might you visit in an ancient Mayan city?
ball court
acropolis
plaza
great wall of maya
terra cotta army
palace
temple
parthenon
pyramids
colloseum
Question 17
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How long did a game often last?

What happened to the captain of the losing Maya team?
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)

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What important advances in mathematics, astronomy, and writing did the Maya achieve?
made astronomical observations
the concept of zero
recorded their people’s history in a book
developed the idea of a decimal system
used paper made of parchment
created a number system with place value
created the pythagorean theorem
uesd symbolic pictures called glyphs
Select the areas of the Maya civilization.
lowlands in the north
highlands in the north
deserts
tropical jungles
forests
highlands in the south
lowlands in the south