Exploring the Ancient Civilization Week 7

Where did the Maya people mostly live? 瑪雅文明主要分布在以下哪個地區？

• The Andes Mountains in South America

• Central America

• The Sahara Desert in Africa

• The Himalayas in Asia

Which famous old Maya city has really big and amazing pyramids?
以下哪個是著名的瑪雅古城，以壯觀的金字塔聞名？

• Rome

• Athens

• Tikal

• Cairo

What two main calendars did the Maya people use? 瑪雅人主要使用哪兩種曆法？

• The Tzolkin calendar and the Haab calendar

  卓爾金曆和哈布曆

• The lunar calendar and the solar calendar
  農曆和陽曆

• The zodiac calendar and the Chinese zodiac calendar

  星座曆和生肖曆

• The Gregorian calendar and the Buddhist calendar

  西元曆和佛曆

What kind of writing did the Maya people use? 瑪雅文字是一種什麼樣的文字系統？

• Letters like in our ABCs

• Just numbers

• Pictures and sounds put together

How did the Maya people use dots and lines to write the number "10"?

瑪雅人是怎麼用點和線來表示數字「10」的呢？

• Two dots (●●)

• One line (—)

• Two lines (——)

• One dot and one line

  (●—)

在瑪雅古城裡，像是Tikal 和 Chichen Itza，最常見到像高山一樣的建築是什麼?

• Houses where everyone lived

• Temples and pyramids for praying

• The king's castle

• Prisons for locking up criminals

What did the Maya artists often draw or carve in their artwork?

在瑪雅藝術中，常見的主題是什麼？

• Their gods and important leaders

• Things like fruits and flowers sitting still

• Pictures of animals

• Beautiful mountains and rivers

The tall, mountain-like buildings that the Maya people built were mostly used for what?

瑪雅人蓋的像高山一樣的建築，最主要是用來做什麼的呢？

• As houses for the kings

• For praying and watching stars

• As markets to buy and sell things

• For running races

在奇琴伊察這個瑪雅古城裡，有一個特別的場地是瑪雅人玩球的地方，這個場地看起來像什麼形狀呢？

• Triangle

• Square

• Circle

• A big "I" shape

In old Maya cities, we can see stone pillars with many carvings and writings on them. What were these stone pillars for?

在瑪雅的古城裡，我們可以看到刻了很多圖案和文字的石頭柱子，這些石頭柱子是為了做什麼用的呢？

• To record the stories, history, and important events of the kings.

  用來記錄國王的故事、歷史和重要事件

• Chairs for the kings to sit on.

  給國王坐的椅子

• As decorations to make the city more beautiful.

  當作裝飾品，讓城市更漂亮

• Tools for measuring time.

  用來測量時間的工具