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