Ancient Mayans

Where did the Maya live?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America mainly Peru

Compared to the Aztec and the Inca, the Maya civilization rose and fell

• first

• second

• third

• all of the above

In the Maya culture, priests were

• not that important

• the second to lowest class of society, above serfs

• equal to farmers because there were so many of them

• ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors

Why would the Maya make sacrifices to their gods?

• to please the gods and get a good harvest

• to use the temple

• to establish the power of their city-state

Who was a very important god to the Maya religion?

• the god of corn

• the god of the temples

• the god of dirt

• the god of wind

Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?

• They built a pyramid

• They played a complicated ball game

• They created a 365 day calendar

• all of the above

The Maya used glyphs to

• farm swamp land

• fight back against the conquistadors

• represent words, syllables, and sounds as part of a complex system of writing

• help build up hip muscle so they would be really good at the ball game

Religious worship was led by priest-kings but all Mayans worshiped many Gods.  This type of religion is known as

• monotheism
• polytheism

Which color represents where the Maya civilization was located?

• blue

• gray

• red

• green

What mathematical achievements is associated with the Maya?

• geometry 
• fractions and decimals
• the concept of algebra
• the concept of zero