# The Maya

> Grade 5: where the Maya lived, cities and pyramids, Maya writing and calendar, farming maize, number system with zero.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 5
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. In which part of the world did the ancient Maya live? (Central America and southern Mexico / Central Asia and Mongolia / Northern Europe and Iceland / Southern Africa and Madagascar)
   Answer: Central America and southern Mexico
2. Which type of land covered much of the Maya homeland? (Cold snowy mountains / Dry sandy desert / Frozen tundra / Hot, wet rainforest)
   Answer: Hot, wet rainforest
3. The ancient Maya lived in the cold Arctic.
   Answer: False
4. What shape were the great Maya temples at cities like Tikal? (Flat tents / Round domes / Stepped pyramids / Tall glass towers)
   Answer: Stepped pyramids
5. What did Maya priests and rulers often use the tops of the pyramids for? (Farming maize / Fishing / Storing winter snow / Temples and ceremonies)
   Answer: Temples and ceremonies
6. Name one famous ancient Maya city.
   Answer: Tikal (also Chichen Itza, Palenque, Copan or Uxmal)
7. What are the Maya picture-symbols used for writing called? (Alphabets / Cuneiform / Glyphs / Runes)
   Answer: Glyphs
8. The Maya made a detailed calendar by watching the Sun, Moon and stars.
   Answer: True
9. How many days are in the Maya solar calendar called the Haab? (100 / 260 / 365 / 400)
   Answer: 365
10. Which crop was the most important food for the Maya? (Maize / Potatoes / Rice / Wheat)
   Answer: Maize
11. Name one other crop the Maya grew besides maize.
   Answer: Beans, squash, chilli peppers or cacao
12. Which Maya crop was used to make a chocolate drink? (Cacao beans / Chilli leaves / Maize husks / Squash seeds)
   Answer: Cacao beans
13. In the Maya number system, what did a dot stand for? (Five / One / Ten / Zero)
   Answer: One
14. In the Maya number system, a bar stood for which number?
   Answer: Five
15. The Maya had a symbol for zero, and one form of it looked like a shell.
   Answer: True
16. The Maya number system was based on counting in groups of what number? (Sixty / Ten / Twelve / Twenty)
   Answer: Twenty