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Maya Architecture and Art

Authored by Guillermo Moreno

Social Studies, World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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Maya Architecture and Art
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Maya people utilized geometric proportions and very complicated or detailed carving to build everything from simple houses to ornate ________.

castles

temples

buildings

roads

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The temples like the ones at Palenque, Tikal, and Uxmal represent a culmination of Maya ________and ____________.

art /architecture

religion/astronomy

philosophy/poetry

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Through the observation of numerous elements and stylistic distinctions, remnants of Maya architecture have become an important key to understanding their ______ and ________ as a whole.

knowledge/thoughts

art/philosophy

religious beliefs/culture

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Maya architecture tends to integrate a great degree of __________________.

social events

natural features

religious ceremonies

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Depending on the location and availability of natural resources such as freshwater springs, _______ and ________, cities grew by connecting large plazas that formed the structure for almost all Mayan buildings.

waterfalls/cenotes

lakes/oceans

rivers/streams

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A ________ is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.

cavern

waterfall

cenote

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Mesoamerican ____________ was a _____with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE by the pre-Columbian people of Ancient Mesoamerica.

ballgame/sport

sacrifice/religious

religious/sacrifice

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