L26 Summative Assessment: The Maya

The structures found by archaeologists in Maya cities like Tikal, built more than 1,000 years ago, are made of ________.

• mud.
• stone.
• wood.
• thatch.

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.

One group is missing from this social pyramid pictured. What is true for only that group?

• They read the calendar.
• They imported rare products.
• They ruled the Maya.
• They might someday be free.

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

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