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WorksheetsAncient Maya Civilization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The structures found by archaeologists in Maya cities like Tikal, built more than 1,000 years ago, are made of
Mud
Stone
Wood
Thatch
Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed?
Panama
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Ms. Scott's Backyard
One group is missing from this social pyramid. What is true for only that group?
They grw the fud tht fed da peples
They ruled the Maya
They read the calendar
They had one blue eye and one brown eye
When a Maya couple first married, where did they go to live?
to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's off to grandma's house we go!
to the home of the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them
The groom's mother's basement
Which agricultural technique did the Maya use to farm in the mountains?
Chinampas
crop rotation
raised-earth platforms
terraces
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent settlements?
Weapons
Permission from their teacher
Wild Animals
Farming
Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same
Calendar
Mother
Father
Cat
One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to
Make tools out of metal
Write by using pictures as symbols
Build carts that had wheels
Clone large strange replicas of Olmec heads
Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?
To read tea leaves
To read the Tarot cards
To read the runes
To foretell the future
Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe after 1500?
Sugar
Spice
Everything Nice
Beans
When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?
Terrible twos
3 months of age
Their quinceanera
Their wedding day
What was an important use of the Sacred Round?
The prototype for the wheel
to determine when to plant crops
to get water for the community
to choose a bride or groom
What was the primary purpose of the Maya ball game?
A) Entertainment
B) Religious rituals
C) Trade negotiations
D) Military training
Which of the following was a significant achievement of the Maya civilization in the field of astronomy?
A) Invention of the telescope
B) Prediction of solar eclipses
C) Discovery of Neptune
D) Development of the astrolabe
What was the main material used by the Maya to create their codices?
A) Papyrus
B) Animal skin
C) Bark paper
D) Bamboo
