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WorksheetsCh 22 Maya History Alive
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The structure found by archeologists in Mayan cities like Tikal, built more than a thousand years ago, are made of
a)
mud
b)
stone
c)
wood
d)
thatch
2.
Which of these modern counties is the area where Mayan civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Mayas today?
a)
Panama
b)
Brazil
c)
Guatemala
d)
Iraq
3.
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent towns?
a)
sailing
b)
farming
c)
metal tools
d)
wild animals
4.
One skill that the Mayas adapted from the Olmecs was a way to
a)
make tools out of metal
b)
build carts that had wheels
c)
use horses or oxen to pull plows
d)
write by using pictures as symbols
5.
Mayas who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same
a)
army
b)
calendar
c)
landscape
d)
government
6.
What is true for only the priests and noble social class?
a)
They read the calendar
b)
They imported products
c)
They ruled the Mayas
d)
They might someday be free
7.
Mayan priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role for priests?
a)
to foretell the future
b)
to lead peasant armies
c)
to carve temple art
d)
to conduct in long-distance trade
8.
Which of these foods would have been new to the Mayas when it was introduced from Europe after 1500?
a)
beans
b)
squash
c)
sugar
d)
chocolate
9.
When did the Mayas first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?
a)
at 3 months old
b)
at her coming of age ceremony
c)
when she was ready to marry
d)
about a month after her wedding
10.
When a Mayan couple first married, where did they go to live?
a)
To a faraway city, where they could have independence
b)
to the husband's childhood home, where his wife helped cook
c)
to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food
d)
to the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them
11.
How was the jaguar important to the Mayas?
a)
Warriors trained it to fight
b)
It provided meat for their diet
c)
It was part of their religion
d)
Peasants wore its fur to keep warm
12.
What was an important use of the Sacred Round?
a)
to choose a bride or groom
b)
to visit other cities for trade
c)
to get water for the community
d)
to determine when to plant crops
13.
Which agricultural technique did the Mayans use to farm in the mountains?
a)
terraces
b)
crop rotation
c)
raised-earth platforms
d)
slash-and-burn agriculture
14.
What was the biggest problem with slash-and-burn agriculture?
a)
it wore out the soil
b)
it injured the cattle
c)
it drained the swamps
d)
it destroyed the temples
15.
When the cities of the southern lowlands collapsed, what took their place?
a)
desert
b)
jungle
c)
swamp
d)
grassland
16.
The Maya used a math system that was based on 20 rather than like our system that is based on 10. What is the name for a system based on 20?
a)
decimal
b)
vigesimal
c)
polygon
d)
algebra
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