Indigenous Migration
The first group of people that migrated to the Americas came via:
a)the Panama Canal
b) the Bering Strait
c)Venezuela
d)the Columbus Channel
b) the Bering Strait
The Mayas settled in which country?
a)Peru
b)Guatemala
c) Jamaica
d)Puerto Rico
C)Jamaica
How could one describe the religious beliefs of the Mayans?
a) polytheistic
b) Polygamy
c)Monotheistic
d)Atheist
a)polytheistic
The head of the Maya was a position that was given based on
a) Hereditary
b) Bravery
c) Farming
d) Hunting and gathering
a)Hereditary
What was the main crop of the Maya people?
a) Cassava
b) Pepper Pot
c) Wheat
d) Maize
d) Maize
What led the indigenous to the Americas?
a)lions and tigers
b) mammoths, buffalo, seals
C)parrots and bears
d)birds
b) mammoths , buffalo and seals
The Mayas were found in?
a)South America
b)Central America
c)North America
d) the Caribbean
b) Central America
What are zemis?
the idols which represent the gods
Name a game played by the Mayan in society?
Pok a tok
Which one of the following was considered to be a sign of beauty for the Maya child?
a)wearing beads and shells
b)flattening their foreheads
c) warfare
d) playing ball games
b) flattening babies foreheads
What were the three main groups that were formed in the Caribbean after indigenous migration?
kalinagos, tainos and Maya
Where did Mayans prefer to settle?
a)coastal areas
b)inland
c)mountains
d)forests
b)inland
How did they worship their gods?
Human sacrifice
Who were the nacoms?
war chiefs
The Mayas developed all except
a) Mathematics
b) Canoes
c) Writing
d) Calender
b) canoes
The first migrants to the new world came from
a) Siberia
b)Africa
c)Europe
d) Alaska
a)Siberia
The Mayan Empire was divided politically:
a) kingdoms
b)villages
c)tribes
d)city states
a)
Name a Mayan god?
Yum kax, chac, Hunab Ku
What were the ppolms?
They were the merchant class
What are milpas?
Milpas are plot land for planting.
The first race of the people that came into the Americas via as well Asia
a) Negroid
b) Monogoloid
c)Caucasian
d) Aryan
b)Monogoloid
The Mayans ruler 's name
Hulach Unic
What were the priests called?
Ahaucan
Mayans stored grains in underground storehouses called?
a)chultunes
b)Milpas
c) Chac
d) Xaman EK
a)Chultunes