Maya Review

The largest buildings in Maya cities were called_____________.

• skyscrapers

• pyramids

• longhouses

• prairies

Archaeologists found________________________ carved into Maya buildings and monuments.

• hieroglyphs

• paintings

• sculptures

• sketches

More than a thousand years ago, a great civilization of American Indian peoples built cities across________________________, an area today made up of parts of Mexico and Central America.

• Australia

• Europe

• Mesoamerica

• Canada

In the Maya religion, no person or group took any important action without consulting the____________________.

• Sun

• Gods

• Corn

• NFL

Since the mid-1800s, ______________________________ and other experts have continued to study these remarkable people. 

• archaeologists

• engineers

• Abe Lincoln

• doctors

The most important crop of the Maya was__________________________.

• corn

• potatoes

• grapes

• chickpeas

To pass into adulthood Maya children had to go through an ______________ ceremony.

• award

• Sun Dance

• graduation

• initiation

Archaeologists believe that Maya civilization reached its peak between about 200 and 900 CE.

• True

• False

The Maya believed that humans were much wiser than the gods.

• True

• False

Besides their 365-day solar calendar, Maya astronomers created another calendar called the __________________________

• January

• Earth Calendar

• Sacred Round

• Seasonal Calendar