WorksheetsMayan Vocabulary Practice
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What level of Mayan society did the difficult tasks, like building temples?
a)
Merchants
b)
Slaves
c)
Peasants
d)
Ajaw
2.
The main crop grown by the Mayans is:
a)
Potatos
b)
Cotton
c)
Maize
d)
Beans
3.
A farming method which involved cutting steps into the side of a mountain to make more flat land for farming.
a)
Terracing
b)
Slash-and-Burn
c)
Irrigation
d)
Chinapas
4.
Tikal, Chichten Itza, Palenque and Tulum are all examples of Mayan:
a)
Bodies of Water
b)
Temples
c)
Ajaws
d)
City-States
5.
This building was made of stone and usually found at the center of a city-state. They were built to honor the gods:
a)
Temples
b)
Marketplaces
c)
Ajaw Home
d)
Acropolis
6.
The Mayan ball game played with a heavy rubber ball:
a)
Soccer
b)
Basketball
c)
Pok-A-Tok
d)
Popol Vuh
7.
Each Mayan city-state had a leader called:
a)
Papa Inca
b)
Emperor
c)
Ajaw
d)
President
8.
The writing form of the Mayans used pictures as letters and was called:
a)
Glyphs
b)
Poetry
c)
Alphabet
d)
Mathematics
9.
A farming method used by the Mayan which involved cutting down forest trees and burning them to create room for cities and farmland.
a)
Terracing
b)
Irrigation
c)
Slash-and-Burn
d)
Crop Rotation
10.
The Maya believed in many gods. This is called:
a)
Monotheism
b)
Animism
c)
Polytheism
d)
Worship
11.
Which level of Mayan culture studied the stars/planets, calculated math and led religious ceremonies?
a)
Nobles
b)
Slaves
c)
Ajaw
d)
Priests
12.
Wealthy, upper-class men who would help the ajaw rule were called:
a)
Slaves
b)
Nobles
c)
Merchants
d)
Peasants
13.
The name for the area (which includes Mexico and Gutamala and Belize) is called:
a)
Mexico
b)
Yucatan Peninsula
c)
North America
d)
South America
14.
Which letter best represents the area where the Maya people lived?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
G
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