Maya Empire

The structures found by archaeologists in Maya ci􀀣es 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 civiliza􀀣on developed and is home to

large numbers of Maya today?

• Panama

• Venezuela

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent setlements?

• sailing

• farming

• metal tools

• wild animals

Maya who lived in many different communites over a wide area shared the same

• army

• calendar

• landscape

• government

One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to

• make tools out of metal

• build carts that had wheels

• use horses or oxen to pull plows

• write by using pictures ads symbols

One group is missing from this social pyramid. What is true for only that group?

• They read the calendar

• They imported products

• They ruled the Maya.

• They might be dancing at the disco.

Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?

• To tell the future

• To lead peasant armies

• carve sculptures

• conduct long distance trade

Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe a􀀼er

1500?

• beans

• Buggers

• squash

• sugar

9. When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?

• when she was three-months old

• at her coming-of-age ceremony

• when she was ready to marry

• about a month after her wedding

When a Maya couple first married, where did they go to live?

• to a faraway city, where they could have some independence

• to the husband's childhood home, where his wife helped cook

• to a farm a few miles away, where they raised their own food

• to the home of the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them