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Ch. 8 Test
6th Grade Ancient History
Question | Answer |
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The Mayas made paper from | Bark |
A Mayan game in which players padded their wrists, elbows, and hips and tried to hit a small rubber ball through a hoop | Pok-to-pok |
The Priest who tried to convert Mayas to Roman Catholicism and who also tried to translate their writings into Spanish | Diego de Landa |
The_______ left six-foot stone sculptures of the heads of kings | Olmecs |
The Mayas used cocoa beans as | money |
The Mayas developed the mathematical concept of | Zero |
The area where the ancient Mayas were located is on what is now called the | Yucatan Penisula |
The Mayan king was known as | the great sun lord and the true man |
_______________was especially important to the Mayas | Jade |
The Mayas made a drink from corn paste, water, and honey and called it | pozole |
True or False Kings lived in palaces | True |
True or False Nobles constructed monuments | False, it was the Peasants |
True or False Nobles lived near the center of the city | True |
True or False Slaves were sometimes used as sacrifices | True |
True or False Slaves treated the sick | False, it was the Priests |
True or False Kings spoke to the gods on behalf of the people | True |
True or False Peasants were criminal or debtors | False, it was slaves |
True or False The Priests taught writing, astronomy, and mathematics | True |
True or False Peasants were farmers | True |
True or False The Nobles were artists and architects | True |
True or False The Nobles wore headdresses with quetzal plumes | False, it was the Kings |
True or False The Nobles included educated women | True |
True or False The priests told fortunes | True |
What types of clothing or appearance did the Mayas consider beautiful? | Sloping foreheads, long noses, crossed eyes, tattoos, pierced ears, and filing their teeth to a point, took frequent baths, wore perfume, carried mirrors to check their appearance. |
How is the Mayas standard of beauty different from or similar to today's standard of beauty? | Today people still place an importance on external appearance but have different standards of beauty. |
Compare and contrast how the Mayas valued Chocolate with the way chocolate is valued today. | Cocoa beans were a form of money and only the very rich could afford to make hot chocolate. Today, chocolate is not valued as highly, but it remains a favorite food of many people |