Remarkable achievements of the Maya

These were some of the Maya's most remarkable achievements:

• ships, diamonds, caves

• horses, pyramids, constellations, music

• calendars, number system, architecture, trade routes

This document shows Mayan...

• calendars

• trade routes

• number system

• gods

Some things the Maya traded throughout their empire were...

• corn, horses, bricks

• calendars, paint, canoes

• sugar, potatoes, palm leaves

• jade, feathers, animal skins

The Mayan trade routes were...

• over land and sea

• down rivers

• across the ocean to Europe

Which Mayan achievement does this document show?

• war

• calendars

• trade routes

• architecture

What is the name of this remarkable Mayan city?

• Tenochitlan

• El Mirador

• Chichen Itza

• Denver

What is something remarkable about how the Maya built such cities?

• They used modern equipment such as cranes.

• They built everything underground.

• The built their buildings out of glass and wood.

• They made and moved giant stone blocks without modern machines.

What remarkable achievement does this document show?

• Mayan calendars

• The Mayan number system

• The Mayan food supply

• Mayan trade routes

What is a remarkable feature of the Mayan number system?

• It is based on the number 10

• You can only count to 100

• The concept of zero

• They didn't use numbers

What number does this symbol represent?

• 8

• 40

• 5

• 9