Do You Know The Mayans?
15 Questions
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Random facts about the Mayan civilization.
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The Maya believed people were created from maize (corn).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.People living in different Maya cities all spoke the same language.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The Mayan civilization extended from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula to Panama.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The Maya used wooden boards to elongate infants' heads.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The Maya used looms to weave their own clothing.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The Maya put gold fillings in their teeth.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Cacao beans were used to make jewelry.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The Maya believed the number 13 was very unlucky.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The Maya sutured wounds with human hair.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The first Maya settlements are about 1,000 years old.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The Maya built stone columns called stelae to ward off evil spirits.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.In some parts of the Maya civilization, a sacred cenote was a sinkhole used for sacrifices.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.The Maya deposited the bones of hunted animals in sacred caves.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.The ancient Maya practiced bloodletting because they thought it cleasned their bodies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Players in the Maya ball game couldn't touch the ballwith their hands or feet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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