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The Maya: Achievements

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all of the Mayan achievements below

a)

Created large Pyramids

b)

Created metal weapons

c)

Created strong fortresses

d)

Created advanced astronomy (study of space)

2.

What is this?

a)

Mayan jewelry

b)

Mayan art

c)

Mayan game

d)

Mayan calendar

3.

What is this?

a)

El Castillo, the great Mayan pyramid of Kuklacan

b)

An Egyptian Pyramid

c)

Temple of Tikal

d)

Tulum, the great walled off fortress city

4.

What Mayan number is this?

a)

20

b)

1

c)

5

d)

10

5.

What Mayan number is this?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

1

d)

5

6.

From top to bottom, list these Mayan numbers

a)

9, 19, 13, 27

b)

13, 16, 9, 17

c)

9, 16, 13, 17

d)

17,13,16, 9

7.

What was special about Mayan blue?

a)

It is difficult to make blue paint & it would never fade

b)

It was easy to make

c)

It was used for religious ceremonies

d)

It was toxic to people

8.

Which civilization was the first to create zero?

a)

The Chinese

b)

The Maya

c)

The Indians

d)

The Greeks

9.

What is a numeral system?

a)

A system of numbers based on letters in an alphabet

b)

A writing system for numbers

c)

A kind of math

d)

A writing system for letters

10.

What kind of number system did the Maya have?

a)

Base 0 system

b)

Base 60 system

c)

Base 20 system

d)

Base 10 system

11.

What were Mayan numbers suppose to represent?

a)

The appearance of fingers and toes

b)

The appearance of gods

c)

The appearance of beans, sticks and shells

d)

The appearance of shapes in nature