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Mesoamerica new question types

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Mayan Calendar year had 18 months of 20 days each plus a short month of five days. So it had...

a)

365 days, like our modern calendar

b)

450 days of 18 hours each

c)

180 days, each two days long, and one day of five days

d)

four hundred days, of with 35 are half days and are not counted toward attendance

2.

Put these civilizations into chronological order, first to last

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

1)
2)
3)
3.

The ​ (a)   spread from the Olmec to the Maya, an example of ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
mesoamerican ball game
Central American baseball
American soccer
cultural diffusion
social isolation
political maneuvering
4.

Label the locations on the map as accurately as you can.

5.

Match the following

a)

1.

Mayan Hieroglyphs

b)

2.

Mayan Codex

c)

3.

Mesoamerica

d)

4.

Mesoamerican Ball Game

e)

5.

Olmec stonecarving

6.

The Maya had ​ (a)   ​written in (b)  

Choose from the below words
Hieroglyphic writing
The Aramaic alphabet
popular magazines
the margins of textbooks
rude jokes and doodles
codex books
7.

Despite their high level of civilization, the Maya remained...

a)

happy with the simple life

b)

a neolithic people using stone tools

c)

unsatisfied with their reputation as a global power

d)

committed to social justice