Mayan questions Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What benefit did the farming method of the slash-and-burn give to the Mayans? | It provided them fields to harvest crops. |
| Where did the Mayans settle in to use the farming method? | They were in the rainforest of Central America. |
| Why did the Mayans have to use the slash-and-burn method to farm? | It was hard to settle in the rainforest and the soil was thin and fragile. |
| Why did John L. Stephens and Fredrick Catherwood go to Central America in 1839? | They went there because of rumors of an ancient Mayan civilization. |
| What two groups were considered part of the Maya middle class? | Lower ranking nobles and higher ranking officials. |
| How were the Maya kings related to the gods? | Kings were believed to have been desended from the gods. |
| What do the Maya's do before they sacrifice a human? | They torture them and pain them blue. |
| What were the Maya's believed to use as the ball for the ball game? | They were believed to use a severed head. |
| What were the elaborate cities of the Maya's made out of? | The elaborate cities were made out of stone. |
| Where did the Maya civilization live ? | The Maya civilization lived in the Yucatan. |
| What region of land did the Maya settle in? | The Maya's settled in Mesoamerica. |
| What were the two geographic regions that the Maya homeland contained? | The Maya homeland contained the rainforest and dry tropical forest. |
| What did the Mayas predict ? | They predicted eclipses. |
| What was the Maya writing system based on? | They were based on hieroglyphics. |
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