Why did the Maya sometimes build their homes on platforms of dirt or stone?
Select one option.
Mayan Achievements
Quiz
•
History
•
5th Grade
•
Medium
Mchelle Dsouza
Used 103+ times
FREE Resource
10 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why did the Maya sometimes build their homes on platforms of dirt or stone?
Select one option.
To get closer to the gods
To protect from floods.
To get above snakes and bugs
To get a better breeze in the heat
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the most common food of the Maya?
Rice
Chicken
Maize
Wheat
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The Maya had three calendars including a solar calendar and a historical calendar. What was the third type of calendar?
Farming
Weather
Scientific
Religious
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What symbol did the Maya use to represent the number 5?
Four lines with a slash across
A snake
A vase
A horizontal bar
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are hieroglyphics?
Books with accordion-like pages
Priests who knew how to write
A type of writing using symbols
The months of the Maya calendar
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Maya recorded all their history in a book called_________
Solstice
Papyrus
Codex
Glyph
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the jungle bird with feathers that the Maya used in their feathered clothing and headdresses ?
Houbara
Humming bird
Parrot
Quetzal
10 questions
Mayans Powerful Knowledge Part 2
Quiz
•
4th - 5th Grade
8 questions
Mayan's Comparing Two Texts
Quiz
•
4th - 5th Grade
7 questions
The Maya’s
Quiz
•
5th Grade
12 questions
Mayan Culture
Quiz
•
KG - University
14 questions
MesoAmerica: Mayas, Aztecs, Incas
Quiz
•
5th - 8th Grade
11 questions
Mesoamerica Test Review
Quiz
•
KG - University
15 questions
Ancient civilizations
Quiz
•
KG - Professional Dev...
10 questions
Ancient Maya 101 - National Geographic
Quiz
•
4th - 7th Grade
25 questions
Equations of Circles
Quiz
•
10th - 11th Grade
30 questions
Week 5 Memory Builder 1 (Multiplication and Division Facts)
Quiz
•
9th Grade
33 questions
Unit 3 Summative - Summer School: Immune System
Quiz
•
10th Grade
10 questions
Writing and Identifying Ratios Practice
Quiz
•
5th - 6th Grade
36 questions
Prime and Composite Numbers
Quiz
•
5th Grade
14 questions
Exterior and Interior angles of Polygons
Quiz
•
8th Grade
37 questions
Camp Re-cap Week 1 (no regression)
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review
Quiz
•
10th Grade