Maya Civilization Quiz TCI Lesson 26

Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Maya today?

• Panama

• Venezuela

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent settlements?

• sailing

• farming

• metal tools

• wild animals

Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same

• army

• calendar

• landscape

• government

One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to

• make tools out of metal

• build carts that had wheels

• use horses or oxen to pull plows

• write by using pictures as symbols

Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?

• to foretell the future

• to lead peasant armies

• to carve temple sculptures

• to conduct long-distance trade

Draw a lion at a birthday party.

Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe after 1500?

• beans

• squash

• sugar

• chocolate

When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?

• when she was three-months old

• at her coming-of-age ceremony

• when she was ready to marry

• about a month after her wedding

When a Maya couple first married, where did they go to live?

• to a faraway city, where they could have some independence

• to the husband's childhood home, where his wife helped cook

• to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food

• to the home of the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them

How was the jaguar important to the Maya?

• Warriors trained it to fight.

• It provided meat for their diet.

• It was a feature of their religion.

• Peasants wore its fur to keep warm.