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1
What do the rubber balls tell us about the Olmecs?
All of the above
They played sports
They lived in an area with rubber trees
They knew how to manipulate and use the rubber
2
What is a city-state?
A city that acts like it's own country
All of the above
A city with it's own government
A city with an army
3
What is the type of farming where you cut down the jungle, burn it, and then use the fertilized ash to plant crops?
The Olmec Way
None of the above
Slash and Burn Farming
Burning Jungle Farming
4
What were the first people to step foot in America thought to be chasing?
Growing Crops
Warm Weather
Reindeer
Buffalo
5
What is the world's oldest codex?
The Magna Carta
The bible
Gone with the Wind
The Popol Vuh
6
What is the base unit of the Mayan math system?
50
5
20
10
7
What was the 82 foot mound that currently sits in the center of La Venta?
A temple
A government building
A Monument
A Statue
8
What represents five in the Mayan math system?
5 tallys with a slash
Shell
None of the above
a bar
9
What do the stone heads tell us about the Olmecs?
They were a successful society with free time
All of the above
They had tools to carve something of that nature
They had a technological device to move something of that weight
10
What peninsula was the Mayan Kingdom located on?
Iberian
Florida
Italian
Yucatan
11
Which of the two kingdoms used city-states?
Olmecs
Mayans
12
How short was the Mayan Calendar from an actual year?
.02 days
5 days
.0002 days
.002 days
13
What was the Mayan writing called?
Popul Vuh
Hieroglyphics
Cunieform
Glyphs
14
On what continent is Middle America?
North America
Mexico
Central America
South America
15
What are two other names for Middle America?
Meso America/South America
Central America/North America
Central America/Meso America
Meso America/North America
16
What did the Mayan's say would end on December 20, 2012?
All of the above
The world
Their b'ak'tun
Their civilization
17
What did the rivers deposit on the soil to make it fertile?
Manure
All of the above
Silt
Silk
18
What is the capital of the Olmec Empire?
La Venta
Tikal
Machu Picchu
Chechen Itza
19
What is a b'ak'tun?
A famous Mayan Leader
An age of the Mayan calendar
A year of the Mayan calendar
The end of the world
20
What were the people who discovered America called?
Paleo Indians
Christopher Columbus
Cherokee Indians
The Spanish
21
Who did the Mayans say people should celebrate in the future that proves they didn't predict the end of the world?
Montezuma II
Tikal
None of the above
Pakal
22
How many days were in the Mayan Solar Calendar?
365
364
260
360
23
What does a glyph represent?
A picture
An individual letter
A whole sentence
A whole word or syllable
24
What can the Mayan math system be compared to?
Roman Numerals
Tally system
None of the above
Hieroglyphics
25
What was the Mayan's largest city called?
La Venta
Chechen Itza
Tikal
Mexico City
26
What is the belief in many gods?
Multitheistic
Monotheistic
All of the above
Polytheistic
27
What did the people who discovered America cross?
The Bering Strait
The Pacific Ocean
New Mexico
Russia
28
How heavy were the stone heads in La Venta?
10 to 50 thousand pounds
16-88 thousand pounds
8 to 44 thousand pounds
5 to 20 thousand pounds
29
What animal did the Olmec's believe had special powers?
Cougar
Elephant
Jaguar
Tiger
30
What represents zero in the Mayan math system?
0
Bread
Shell
Egg
31
Mayans were successful farmers because they had extra goods they could trade, which is called a...
Plus
Extra
Import
Surplus
32
In what year did the Mayan's say Pakal should be celebrated?
2012 B.C.E.
4772 B.C.E.
4772 C.E.
2012 C.E.
33
What was the purpose of the Solar Calendar?
Let them know if days were lucky or unlucky
Let them know when to travel to new lands
All of the above
Let them know when to plant crops and attack enemies
34
What kinds of people played the ball game in the Olmec society?
Peasants
Slaves
Upper Classs
Merchants
35
What were the two Mayan Calendars called?
Solar/Religious
None of the above
Yearly/Solar
God/Religious
36
What is the northern border of the tropics?
Capricorn
Orion
Cancer
Scorpio
37
How were the city-states linked?
Government/Trade
All of the above
Alliance/Trade
Alliance/government
38
What continents did the land bridge over the Bering Strait connect?
Europe/Asia
North America/South America
Africa/North America
Asia/North America
39
What building that the Mayan's created was the tallest in the America's for 1000 years?
Pyramid IV
Pyramid V
Pyramid of Giza
Pyramid II
40
Who used the flooding river method of farming?
Olmecs
All of the above
Egypt
China
41
If a day was unlucky in the Mayan Religious calendar, what did that mean?
It was always raining
All of the above
That day was usually cold
It was devoted to a bad god
42
What is the southern border of the Tropics called?
Scorpio
Capricorn
Orion
Copernicus
43
Why was a Religious Calendar necessary?
All of the above
Needed to know which days were lucky and unlucky
Needed to know when to attack enemies
Needed to know when to plant crops
44
What did the Mayans use as currency?
Rice
Cocoa Beans
Lima Beans
Dollars
45
How many days were in the Mayan Religious Calendar?
364
360
260
365
46
What does the word "Olmec" mean?
People of the rubber country
Belief in many gods
One who serves
People of the jaguar
47
What was the way a team won the ball game?
They got it through an elevated hoop
They got it through a soccer type goal
They got the ball to the other side of the field
They killed the players on the other team
48
How many glyphs were there?
1300
800
100
500
49
How tall is Pyramid IV?
212 feet
202 feet
198 feet
1,112 feet
50
What is any book with a spine known as?
Fiction book
Non Fiction Book
Popol Vuh
Codex
51
What represents 1-4 in the Mayan math system?
Shell
slashes
dots
bar
52
What b'ak'tun ended on December 20, 2012?
12th
14th
13th
15th
