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Mayan Timeline Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 3114BC, which age of humans began?

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

7th

2.

What happened to the first four ages of humans?

a)

The sun destroyed them

b)

There were 4 civil wars

c)

They were all conqured

d)

They were wiped out by the Ice Age

3.

In 1500BC, the Mayans switched from hunters to what?

a)

Gods

b)

Kings

c)

Farmers

d)

Ogisos

4.

The first Mayan cities began to grow in which year?

a)

200BC

b)

200AD

c)

450BC

d)

300BC

5.

The 'Great Period' when the Mayans were at their strongest began in which year?

a)

300BC

b)

150AD

c)

150BC

d)

300AD

6.

Why were the Mayan cities abandoned in 850AD?

a)

The Gods told them to leave

b)

No one knows

c)

They built too many pyramids

d)

They ran out of building materials

7.

When the Mayans fled their great cities in 850AD, where did they choose to live instead?

a)

Farms

b)

Coast

c)

Different cities

d)

Underwater

8.

In 1519, conquistadores from which country travelled to the Mayan Empire in search of gold?

a)

France

b)

Mexico

c)

Spain

d)

South Africa

9.

How much gold did the Spanish find when they arrived in the Mayan Kingdom

a)

Some

b)

Lots

c)

1 gold bar

d)

None

10.

When the Spanish Conquistadores didn't find any gold in 1519, what did the Mayans do ?

a)

Bid them farewell

b)

Told them to look in Peru

c)

Helped them to look

d)

Attacked them

11.

In what year did the Spanish conquer most of the Mayan Kingdom?

a)

1541

b)

1451

c)

1542

d)

1524

12.

What did the Mayan tribes do when they met some Christian Missionaries from Europe in 1696?

a)

Accepted Jesus as their lord

b)

Sacrificed them

c)

Said 'We already have many Gods, but thanks.'

d)

None of the above

13.

In what year did the Mexicans conquer the last surviving Mayan tribe?

a)

1897

b)

1901

c)

1900

d)

1906