Maya Vocabulary Quiz

1. a historical region that includes what are today the central and southern parts of Mexico and the northern parts of Central America.

• Mesoamerica

• Europe

• Canada

• Australia

1.  a society or group of people with similar religious beliefs, customs, language, and form of government.

• tribe

• civilization

• pok-ta-pok

• archaeologists

1. a picture or symbol representing an idea, an object, a syllable, or  sound. 

• hieroglyph

• equinox

• astronomy

• pyramid

1.  to give or kill something for religious purposes. 

• initiation ceremony

• sacrifice

• barter

• harvest

1.  the style and construction of a building.

• architecture

• pyramid

• fossil

• archaeologist

1. a year that has 366 days and occurs every four years. 

• leap year

• equinox

• hieroglyph

• Happy New Year!

1. a person who has the training or the authority to carry out religious ceremonies or rituals.

• priest

• chief

• archaeologist

• Inca

A game played by the Mayas that had great religious meaning and importance.

• pok-ta-pok

• lacrosse

• soccer

• cricket

an expert in the study of ancient people and the objects from their time period that remain (stones, bones, and pottery).

• an engineer

• an archaeologist

• a historian

• a farmer

1. a day in which daytime and nighttime are about the same in length. This happens twice a year. 

• leap day

• equinox

• Spring

• Thanksgiving