Maya Civilization

Where was the Maya Civilization located?

• Tenochtitilan

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Peru

• Mexico City

What is an observatory?

• A place to meet friends

• A place to study religion

• A place to spy on people

• A place to study the stars

Maya writing used syllables and pictures or symbols to communicate whole words. These symbols are called

• Glyphs

• Drawings

• Stamps

• Metaphors

Maya writing is read from left to right and

• bottom to top

• back to front

• top to bottom

• right to left

What type of crops were NOT grown by the Maya?

• corn

• beans

• cactus

• squash

If there was no 1 ruler who ruled over all Maya then what connected them?

• beliefs/culture

• Maize (corn)

• All of these answers are correct

• 3 Calendar System

What did the Maya consider to be beautiful?

• crossed eyes, big noses, flat foreheads

• pointed heads, grey eyes, small noses

• blue eyes, freckles, short hair

• bald heads, green eyes, tiny feet

What is a cenote?

• pathway to communicate with the gods

• sacred place for worship and sacrifice

• all of these are correct

• an underground water source

Each Maya city had it own king or ruler. No one king ever ruled over all of the Maya territory.

• True

• False

Mayan priests used astronomy and mathematics to develop an accurate _________.

• crop rotation

• religion

• calendar

• history