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WorksheetsMayan Timeline Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In 3114BC, which age of humans began?
4th
5th
6th
7th
What happened to the first four ages of humans?
The sun destroyed them
There were 4 civil wars
They were all conqured
They were wiped out by the Ice Age
In 1500BC, the Mayans switched from hunters to what?
Gods
Kings
Farmers
Ogisos
The first Mayan cities began to grow in which year?
200BC
200AD
450BC
300BC
The 'Great Period' when the Mayans were at their strongest began in which year?
300BC
150AD
150BC
300AD
Why were the Mayan cities abandoned in 850AD?
The Gods told them to leave
No one knows
They built too many pyramids
They ran out of building materials
When the Mayans fled their great cities in 850AD, where did they choose to live instead?
Farms
Coast
Different cities
Underwater
In 1519, conquistadores from which country travelled to the Mayan Empire in search of gold?
France
Mexico
Spain
South Africa
How much gold did the Spanish find when they arrived in the Mayan Kingdom
Some
Lots
1 gold bar
None
When the Spanish Conquistadores didn't find any gold in 1519, what did the Mayans do ?
Bid them farewell
Told them to look in Peru
Helped them to look
Attacked them
In what year did the Spanish conquer most of the Mayan Kingdom?
1541
1451
1542
1524
What did the Mayan tribes do when they met some Christian Missionaries from Europe in 1696?
Accepted Jesus as their lord
Sacrificed them
Said 'We already have many Gods, but thanks.'
None of the above
In what year did the Mexicans conquer the last surviving Mayan tribe?
1897
1901
1900
1906
