Mayan & Aztec Quiz

What does the term MESOAMERICA mean?

• Near America
• Under America
• Middle America
• Kind of America

What part of MesoAmerica were the Maya located?

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Northern Mexico
• Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras
• Central Mexico

Which of the following is NOT why the Maya were so obsessed with ASTRONOMY (the study of the sun, moon, planets and stars)

• It helped them create an accurate 365 day calendar
• It was a major part of their religion
• It helped them know to know the best times to farm
• It helped them remember what day it was

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Mayan mathematics system?

• A bar means 5
• A line means 10
• A dot means 1
• A shell means 0

Why did the Maya sacrifice people?

• They were cannibals
• It was punishment for slaves
• They believed the heart had special powers
• It was an offering to their gods

The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

• hieroglyphs

• letters

• numbers

• pictographs

The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.

• 1

• - 1

• 0

• Infinity

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

Why were pyramids and temples built by the Mayan civilization?

• a place for farmers to live

• for religious purposes

• for farming crops

• a place for warriors to hunt

The geographical features of the Mayan civilization was...

• mountains and snow

• valleys and plateaus

• tropical rainforest and mountains

• desert