Mesoamerica (The Maya)

Question 1

The oldest civilization in the Americas was located in a place called __________?

Accepted Answer

Mesoamerica

Question 2

This animal very was important to the Maya and closely linked to the spiritual world.

Accepted Answer

The Panther

Question 3

Sometimes the losing team of the game below would _____________?

Accepted Answer

Be sacrificed

Question 4

The Mayan were...........?

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 5

Where do scientist believe the first humans came from?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 6

What kind of animal is this?

Accepted Answer

A tapir

Question 7

The Maya would tattoo their body. What might the Mayan do with any space leftover?

Accepted Answer

Paint it

Question 8

The Maya civilization got many of its ideas and beliefs from another culture called the _____?

Accepted Answer

The Olmec

Question 9

The Mayan diet mainly consisted of ______?

Accepted Answer

Maize, beans, squash, and chili peppers

Question 10

The Mayan would consider the person in this picture to be beautiful.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Why do historians believe Mayan civilization fell apart in about 900 AD?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers are correct

Question 12

The Yucatan peninsula is located in what modern country?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 13

Why were Mayan temples built so high? Choose the best answer.

Accepted Answer

So they could be closer to the gods and as a sign of power.

Question 14

The country of Italy is a peninsula. What is a peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Land connected to the mainland but surrounded by water.

Question 15

One way the Mayan's punished their children was by holding them over burning chili pepper fumes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The Mayan lowlands did not have a lot of rivers and lakes. How did they get their water?

Accepted Answer

Cenotes

Question 17

Which of these did the Maya not do to their body?

Accepted Answer

shave their eyebrows

Question 18

The Mayan pyramids were used for tombs to bury nobility. Another thing it was used for was?

Accepted Answer

The temple at the top was a place they made sacrifices.

Question 19

The Mayan considered day and night to be _______________?

Accepted Answer

Two different worlds

Question 20

Type of story that explains a group of people's origin and also has supernatural characters.

Accepted Answer

Myth

Question 21

The first humans were thought to have crossed from Asia into the Americas how?

Accepted Answer

By both the Bering Land Bridge and Boat

Question 22

One of the very first civilizations in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

The Olmec

Question 23

According to Mayan Mythology, the 1st Mayans were created out of.......

Accepted Answer

Maize

Question 24

A practice the Mayan would take part in order to communicate with the gods.

Accepted Answer

Blood-letting

Question 25

Possibly split from the Olmec. Lived on the Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.

Accepted Answer

The Maya

Question 26

This bird was important in Mayan mythology. What type of bird is it?

Accepted Answer

A quetzal

Question 27

Cutting down trees, setting them on fire, and using the ash for fertilizer for crops.

Accepted Answer

Slash and Burn

Question 28

Molten rock that comes from a volcano. After it cools it was used for art and weapons.

Accepted Answer

Obsidian

Question 29

Much of Maya history comes from Spanish accounts and what archeologists finds. Why?

Accepted Answer

Most of the thousands of books written by the Maya were lost

Question 30

Only these people could be priests.

Accepted Answer

Men who had been kings.

Question 31

This was a food that helped the Maya population grow.

Accepted Answer

Maize

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