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1
The snake illusion at the pyramid at Chitzen Itza is meant to represent who?
Chaak: The Rain God
K’inich Ajaw: The Sun God
Itsamnaaj: The Supreme Creator
Kukulcan: The Feathered Serpent
2
What is the main goal of the Mesoamerica ball game?
Keep the ball from your opponent
Keep the ball off the ground
Put the ball through the hoop
Hit the ball over the wall
3
What could happen to those who lost the Mesoamerica ball game?
Signed lots of autographs
Jailed in a dark and damp dungeon
Banished from the city
Sacrificed
4
A mixed-crop plot of that is tended for several years and then allowed to return to forest.
Pasture
Glyph
Chultun
Milpa
5
The agricultural process of cutting down vegetation and burning it to create fertile soil.
Slash-and-burn
Slash
Clear cutting
Deforestation
6
What does this image represent?
Maya calendar
The Maya writing system
Maya mathematics
7
How many levels of existence (worlds) did the Maya believe there were?
2
1
3
4
8
Maya writing system are known as
symbolic
pictures
glyphs
hieroglypics
9
Maize, beans and squash are known as the
Three sisters
Three friends
Tastiest veggies
Hero Twins
10
Which symbol represented the number zero?
seed
crab
shell
rock
11
After the Hero Twins brought back their father, what did they become?
The sky and water
The Earth and Sun
The Sun and Moon
The stars in the sky
12
On which peninsula are some of the greatest Maya cities located?
Baja Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
13
Name the land bridge that ancient humans used to cross from Asia into North America 12,000 years ago?
Asia-Alaska Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Merovingian
Beringia
14
What is the solution to this Maya math problem?
17
12
22
4
15
What substance is the ball made of that is used in the Mesoamerica ball game?
Latex
Leather
Chiseled rock
Tightly bound reeds
16
In the Mayan language, what is their calendar called?
Day counting thingy
Kukulcan
Tzolk'in
Chultun
17
The large reservoirs where the Maya stored their water are called...
Ulamas
Chultuns
Milpas
Glyphs
18
Any object made or used by humans in the past.
Carving
Fossil
Artifact
Tool
19
Which modern-day country is in Mesoamerica?
Mexico
All of these countries are
Guatemala
Honduras
20
C.E. stands for Common Era
False
True
21
Many people use the term B.C.E. instead of B.C. What does B.C.E. mean?
Below Creative Era
By-Gone Common Era
Before Christ Era
Before Common Era
22
Maize, beans and squash are grown in the
low-lands of Mesoamerica
high-lands of Mesoamerica
The jungles of Mesoamerica
The plains of Mesoamerica
23
What crop was the most important to the Maya?
Maize
Cacao
Beans
Squash
24
Which civilization came BEFORE the Maya did?
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
25
What does this image represent?
A symbol from the sacred part of the calendar.
A Maya symbol of the sun
A Maya symbol of farming
Grapes
26
According to the Popol Vuh, who traveled to the underworld to bring back their father?
The Hero Brothers
The Winners
Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl
The Hero Twins
27
The land where the Olmec, Maya and Aztec civilizations arose is know as...
Mesoamerica
Popol Vuh
Beringia
The Old Land
