WorksheetsThe Maya: Achievements
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Select all of the Mayan achievements below
Created large Pyramids
Created metal weapons
Created strong fortresses
Created advanced astronomy (study of space)
What is this?
Mayan jewelry
Mayan art
Mayan game
Mayan calendar
What is this?
El Castillo, the great Mayan pyramid of Kuklacan
An Egyptian Pyramid
Temple of Tikal
Tulum, the great walled off fortress city
What Mayan number is this?
20
1
5
10
What Mayan number is this?
10
20
1
5
From top to bottom, list these Mayan numbers
9, 19, 13, 27
13, 16, 9, 17
9, 16, 13, 17
17,13,16, 9
What was special about Mayan blue?
It is difficult to make blue paint & it would never fade
It was easy to make
It was used for religious ceremonies
It was toxic to people
Which civilization was the first to create zero?
The Chinese
The Maya
The Indians
The Greeks
What is a numeral system?
A system of numbers based on letters in an alphabet
A writing system for numbers
A kind of math
A writing system for letters
What kind of number system did the Maya have?
Base 0 system
Base 60 system
Base 20 system
Base 10 system
What were Mayan numbers suppose to represent?
The appearance of fingers and toes
The appearance of gods
The appearance of beans, sticks and shells
The appearance of shapes in nature
