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Maya

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the Maya live?

a)

Central Mexico

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

South America mainly Peru

2.

The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Maya had advanced scientific knowledge, but they did not develop

a)

a system of numbers.

b)

a system of writing

c)

an accurate calendar

d)

telescopes

4.

What is a city-state?

a)

an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops

b)

the building where a bureaucrat works

c)

the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city

d)

a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state

5.

Which were the tallest and most important buildings in Maya cities?

a)

houses

b)

observatories to study the stars

c)

pyramids

d)

ball courts

6.
The large stepped pyramids of the Maya served as ______________ to the Gods.
a)
Ball-game courts
b)
Temples
c)
Military Barracks
d)
Trade Ports
7.

The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.

a)

1

b)

- 1

c)

0

d)

Infinity

8.
Why did they have two separate calendars?
a)
1 was for religious festivals and the other was for farming
b)
1 was for the upper class and the other was for the lower class
c)
1 was for the day and the other was for the night
d)
The different kings could not agree on just one calendar
9.
The Mayans were able to construct entire city-states without what modern invention?
a)
The Shovel
b)
The Wrench
c)
The wheel
10.
Why did the Mayans abandon their city-states?
a)
To avoid the Spanish
b)
Overly populated
c)
Disease & warfare
d)
No one really knows
11.
The game played at Mayan ball courts was called
a)
stellas
b)
pok-a-tok
c)
glyph
12.
Which physical region did the Maya civilization inhabit?
a)
The Amazon Basin
b)
The Andes Mountains
c)
The Atacama Desert
d)
The Yucatan Peninsula
13.
The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called
a)
numbers
b)
letters
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
lines
14.

How did the Mayans end?

a)

the Spaniards conquered them

b)

No one knows for sure

c)

Olmecs took their land

d)

hurricane destroyed their civilization

15.

What was pok-ta-pok?

a)

A type of food

b)

A ball game

c)

A headdress for the priest

d)

A drink made from corn