- 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) irrigation canals
B) terraced farming
C) slash and burn agriculture
- 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) camel bearing
B) one man
C) relay
- 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) stone
B) mud
C) brick
- 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) plows
C) calendars
- 10. One reflection of the Mayan culture is that they built a ___________ in every city.
A) ball court
B) solar center
C) great bath
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