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