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Benchmark #1 Review 1st period

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the gods names that created Earth and people in the Maya civilization?

a)

Appolo & Poisedon

b)

Tepew & Q'uk'unatz

c)

Hades & Zeus

d)

none of the above

2.

Where did the Maya live?

a)

South America

b)

Virginia

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

3.

How many myths were there about the Maya?

a)

3

b)

10

c)

6

d)

none of the above

4.

Who conquered the Aztec civilization?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Shrek

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Christpoher Columbus

5.

Who lived in the Andes mountains?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Central America

6.

How were Cortes & Pizarro related?

a)

distant cousins

b)

brothers

c)

uncle & nephew

d)

father & son

7.

Where is the Yucatan Peninsula located?

a)

Brazil

b)

between Colombia & Venezuela

c)

between Bolivia & Argentina

d)

between the Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea

8.

What region did the Aztec live?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

North AMerica

c)

South America

d)

Central America

9.

What was the higest class in the Maya civilization?

a)

farmer

b)

craftsmen

c)

kings & priests

d)

snowmen

10.

What did the Maya build to help them reduce rainfall?

a)

they used buckets and poured it in the lake

b)

they built canals

c)

they built dams

d)

they grew corn

11.

What did the Maya do to give nutrients to the soil?

a)

they intercropped

b)

they used the slash and burn method

c)

they hunted game

d)

they used the bread nut tree

12.

What was the Maya ball game called?

a)

volleyball

b)

tennis

c)

Pok-a-tok

d)

football

13.

The Maya's created a writing system, how many distinct glyphs did the writing system have?

a)

808

b)

600

c)

540

d)

800