WVA Maya Civilization

The Maya expressed themselves with vibrant, stylized ______ figures, and brightly colored polychrome pottery.

• geometric

• animal

• human

• plant

For more than a hundred years, archaeologists have been excavating Caracol, a city with a history of ancient power and society, a heritage that is now being reclaimed. Which of the following is the city being described?

• Tikal

• Chichen Itza

• Palenque

• Caracol

LIDAR sends thousands of ______ beams of infrared light to the ground.

• laser

• sound

• magnetic

• electric

While Europe was in the Dark Ages, the world of the Mayas was thriving. Which of the following civilizations is being referred to?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayas

• Olmecs

The world would have been made of stone and then the foundation walls made of ______.

• wood

• clay

• metal

• sand

The ancient people still practice, not only Maya rituals, but Mesoamerican traditions.

• rituals

• agriculture

• architecture

• trade

They also used cacao beans, items like cocoa, manas and matates were produced in Caracol.

• beans

• leaves

• roots

• flowers

At the end of the network of paved limestone roads was the core of the city and a huge temple.

• temple

• market

• palace

• garden

There is no single Maya people, but what is really a mosaic of the entire state. So there’s the ______, there’s the southern Maya, and there’s other kinds of people.

• northern

• eastern

• western

• central

The most important advancement during this development of high ______ precision.

• architectural

• agricultural

• mathematical

• astronomical