Maya Civilization

The structures found by archaeologists in Maya cities like Tikal, built more that 1,000 years ago, are made of

• mud

• stone

• thatch

• wood

Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Maya today?

• Panama

• Venezuela

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent settlements?

• sailing

• farming

• metal tools

• wild animals

Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same

• army

• calendar

• landscape

• government

One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to

• make tools out of metal

• build carts that had wheels

• use horses or oxen to pull plows

• write by using pictures as symbols

In the social pyramid, nobles were the only ones that

• read the calendar

• imported rare products

• ruled the maya

• might someday be free.

Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?

• to foretell the future

• to lead peasant armies

• to carve temple sculptures

• to conduct long distance trade

Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe after 1500?

• beans

• squash

• sugar

• chocolate

When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?

• 3 months

• coming of age ceremony

• when she was ready to marry

• a month after her wedding

When a Maya couple first married, where did they go to live?

• to a faraway city, where they could have some independence

• to the husbands childhood home, where his wife helped cook

• to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food

• to the home of the wife's parents where her husband would work for them