* Which of the following is NOT the site of a Mayan city?
* Among their many achievements, the Ancient Maya are NOT credited with:
* Of the estimated thousands of Mayan books or codices that existed at the time of Spanish conquest, how many are known to currently exist?
* Of the following, which city-state was NOT a major center of Mayan culture during the 'classic period'?
* The Maya civilization is widely thought to have been influenced by which pre-Mayan culture?
* What does the Mayan word 'balam' mean?
* The ancient Maya developed a functional calendar that is:
* The Mayan people built cities and thrived in Meso-America (Mexico and Central America), including what modern-day countries?
* The ancestors of the Mayan people originally came from where?
* The Mayans wrote books on paper made from tree bark in which they kept detailed records of their history, religion, philosophy, and secular science including astronomy and engineering. What happened to their books?
* One of the greatest cities of the Mayan people is today found at Chechen Itzen in Yucatan, Mexico. The huge pyramid at the center of the site is built so that what phenomena occors on the vernal equinox?
* Which is true of the Mayan people?
* Many Mayan temples can be found in valleys (such as Chechen Itzen in Yucatan), many can be found in jungles (such as Tical in Guatemala). One temple called Tulum is found in an unusual location. Where is it?
* A typical Mayan temple will contain a pyramid, an observatory for watching the heavenly bodies, sacrificial altars, and what other structure?
* On the altar where a human sacrifice was offered the stones fit into a flat surface but there was a bump on the altar. What was the function of the bump?
* What did the Mayans do with their family members who died?
* Which creatures figure promenantly in Mayan art?