The Mayan
The Mayan
Travel Guide
100
What are the main crops that the Maya harvest today?
What is corn and beans
100
What did the Maya use to make colored dye?
What is plants OR minerals
100
What country is Machu Picchu located in?
Peru
200
Of the 60% of Mayan descendants, how many live a completely traditional Mayan lifestyle?
What is 10%
200
Fill in the blank: The Maya built their buildings, temples, and observatories to have __________.
What is astronomical orientation
200
What is the desert called that holds hundreds of lines and figures?
The Nazca Desert
300
How many different dialects of the Mayan language are there today?
What is 23
300
Name a method that the Maya used for farming.
What is slash and burn OR terrace farming
300
What crop influenced the Incas to settle in the Sacred Valley?
Maize or Corn
400
What was the Mayan Society broken up into?
What is city-states
400
What did the Maya believe would follow them into the afterlife?
What is their spirit animal
400
What is the name of the tallest waterfall in the world located in Venezuela?
Angel Falls
500
Name 3 items the Maya used for trade instead of money.
What are cocoa beans, vanilla, seafood, peppers, avocados, and other fruits.
500
Name all four celestial objects that the Maya used to create their calendar and time system
What are the sun, the moon, Venus, and the stars
500
What form of transportation is used in Iquitos, Peru?
Boat
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