The Mayans

Discover the amazing Mayan civilization! Learn facts about their culture, history, and achievements.

1. The Mayans lived in the present day countries of....... the U.S., Canada, and Mexico Peru and Brazil Venezuela and Columbia Honduras, Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala 2. What is the Mayan period of AD 250 to AD 900 AD called? The Classic Period The Mayan Period The Period of Pyramids The Volcanic Age 3. Where did the townspeople typically live? surrounding the palace near the plaza near their farms near the roadways 4. What did the Mayans use to hunt for food? harpoons bows and arrows fishing nets all of these 5. The Mayans had two calendars: one religious and one _. solar lunar monthly yearly 6. What are glyphs? a written language of the Mayans using symbols and drawings. the ceremonies of bloodletting held by the kings and queens. the money used by the Mayan people. the calendars used to measure long periods of time. 7. Who was believed to be able to communicate with the dead and the gods? women of the city. the town doctor. kings and queens. certain farmers. 8. It was believed that when a king died........ he became a spirit. he became a god. he should be sacrificed. he would rise again one day. 9. What is most likely the author's reason for including the image at the bottom left of the second page of the article (Lady Xoc)? to show what the queen looked like at that time. to show what the piercing for the bloodletting ritual may have looked like. to show that the Mayans were kind to one another during bloodletting. to show the differences between bloodletting and ch'ahb'. 10. The major text structure used throughout the article is....... compare and contrast description problem and solution order and sequence 11. What is the author's point of view on the inventions of the Mayan culture? The Mayan inventions were only useful for their own culture. The Mayan writing system would have been more useful if they had recorded more details about their culture for future generations. The ritual of bloodletting was a harmless way of communicating with the gods. The Mayans were intelligent people whose inventions helped their culture to flourish. 12. The author's main purpose in this article is to....... inform the reader about the intelligence of the Mayan culture. inform the reader about the farming habits of the Mayans. entertain the reader with a story about the Mayan culture. persuade the reader to learn more about the Mayans. 13. Read the text excerpt above, then read the inferences made about the author's point of view in the right column. Choose TWO inferences that can be made about the author's point of view based solely on the text excerpt in the left column (above). A B C D 14. Which best describes a civilization: A town A group of people with a shared language, laws, religious beliefs, and resources for food A group of people that lives in an organized manner All of these 15. It is likely that only wealthy Mayans drank hot chocolate . True False 16. What was Ulama? The writing system developed by the Mayans. The name of the Mayan calendar. A ball game that the Mayans played and took very seriously. The name of a Mayan pyramid. 17. The Mayans had two different calendars. True False 18. Religion was not very important in Mayan civilizations. True False 19. The Mayans believed in only 1 God. True False 20. Which of the following were done by the Mayans to try to please their gods? Bloodletting Fasting Smoking tobacco All of these