Maya Ancient Civilization Pre/Post Test

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

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

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

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

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