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WorksheetsL 26 Mayan Civilization
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Mayan culture flourished in the region known as
Mesopotamia.
Caribbean.
Mesoamerica.
Middle East
The Mayans lived in which area of the world where we find which modern counrties?
Peru and Ecuador
Guatemala and Mexico
Southern United States and Mexico
Zimbabwe and Lesotho
What is geographic feature called where we find many Mayan cities?
Amazon Basin
Yucatan Peninsula
Andes Mountains
Sierra Madres
The primary Maya food was
berries.
corn
fish
wheat
What was the social structure of the Mayans?
Farmers (A Communal Society) on top; nobles on bottom
Military Leader (Commander in Chief) on top; farmers and priests on bottom
Powerful priest-king (One True Man) on top; poor farmers and slaves on bottom
Elected officials on top (President) and mechants on bottom
The Maya used glyphs to
farm swamp land
fight back against the conquistadors
represent words, syllables, and sounds as part of a complex system of writing
help build up hip muscle so they would be really good at the ball game
Which sentence below most accurately describes Mayan religion?
They worshiped many gods and followed rituals based on a solar ritual calendar
The Mayans were largely Catholic because of the Spanish influence.
Mayans had a single god of the sun that they worshipped.
Mayans practiced Shintoism just like the ancient Japanese
Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write?
the merchants and artisans
the peasants
nobility and priests
the slaves
Priests used the Sacred Round to
assign duties, such as spinning, weaving, and cooking, to young men and women.
determine the best days to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies.
identify which families should be joined together through the marriages of their children.
sacrifice the captain and members of the losing team after a game of pok-a-tok.
One thing that unified the Mayan city-states: Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same _________.
army
culture
emperor
How was the jaguar important to the Maya?
A. Warriors trained jaguars to fight in the Mayan military.
B. Jaguars hunted alongside the Maya and helped provide meat for their diet.
C. gods had animal characteristics and this animal was important to their religion.
D. Peasants wore jaguar fur to keep warm in winter months.
Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?
They built many pyramids
They played a complicated ball game
They created a 365 day calendar
They had large cities
What was the biggest problem with slash-and-burn agriculture that the Maya practiced?
It wore out the soil.
It injured the cattle
It drained the swamps
It destroyed the temples
