The
Mayas




1. What´s a CENOTE ?
A. a natural waterhole.
B. a wild animal.
C. a maya sacred book.

2. The POPOL-VUH is..
A. Maya calendar.
B. a Maya sacred book.
C. an old mexican film about the Mayas.

3. What´s a BALAM ?
A. a high priest.
B. a Jaguar spirit.
C. a spear.
4. What´s a NACOM ?
A. a kind of pyramid.
B. a Maya king.
C. a Maya military commander.
5. The AH KIN was...
A. a tree.
B. a Maya warrior.
C. a Maya high-priest.
6. The HALACH UINIC was...
A. a leader or king.
B. an important Maya city in Guatemala.
C. a children.
7. The OREJERA was...
A. a kind of tapir.
B. a Maya ornament.
C. a thached-roof hut.
8. A POK-A-TOK was...
A. a Maya ball game.
B. the juice of the sapodilla tree.
C. Indian woman's traditional full-length skirt.
9. What´s a QUETZAL ?
A. a rare Central American bird.
B. a meal.
C. a traditional Maya dance.
10. What´s the SACRED ROUND ?
A. the 260-day Maya calendar.
B. a temple-pyramid.
C. a palace.
11. What´s a WITZ ?
A. the first man in the Maya creation Story.
B. the first mountain in the Maya creation story.
C. one of the Hero Twins. (Popol-Vuh).
12. XIBALBA was ....
A. A the Maya underworld where people go when they die.
B. A the Celestial Bird.
C. A the Sky.
13. Hunahpu and Xbalanque were the names of...
A. the Patrons of Writing.
B. the Hero Twins.
C. the Day and the Night.
14. The CHILAN was...
A. a farmer.
B. a midwife.
C. a soothsayer or medium.
15. What´s the ATL ATL...
A. Spear-throwing device.
B. a class of important god.
C. a strong wine.






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