- 1. The Maya people lived on the
A) Yucatan Peninsula
B) Arabian Peninsula
C) Iberian Peninsula
- 2. The Maya practiced this as a farming technique
A) terraced farming
B) slash and burn agriculture
C) irrigation canals
- 3. In some of their religious rituals, the Maya practiced
A) piercing themselves
B) worship of one God
C) the burden of taxes
- 4. Porters carried goods to be traded through ________ teams
A) one man
B) camel bearing
C) relay
- 5. The Maya had no horses, donkeys or camels to carry loads
A) true
B) false
- 6. The Maya organized their labor force to build ________ pyramids and palaces
A) mud
B) stone
C) brick
- 7. The Maya developed a number system based on the number
A) 12
B) 20
C) 10
- 8. The Maya were one of the first cultures to develop the idea of the
A) zero
B) infinity
C) a written language
- 9. The Maya developed two __________ that worked together
A) plows
B) number systems
C) calendars
- 10. One reflection of the Mayan culture is that they built a ___________ in every city.
A) solar center
B) great bath
C) ball court
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