Read this sentence from the story.
The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many.
What is a synonym for the word achievements?
mistakes
successes
skills
roads
The Maya lived in Mexico
only after the Spanish arrived.
at the same time as the Spanish.
only for a few years.
thousands of years before the Spanish.
Many Mayan cities and temples are still standing today because
they were so well built.
they are not very old.
they have been rebuilt.
there is never any bad weather in Mexico.
How is the Mayan calendar the same as or different from our current calendar?
Use details from the article to support your answer.
What is the main idea of this article?
The Mayan calendar was more accurate than the European calendar.
The Maya were excellent farmers.
The Maya were a culturally rich, advanced society.
The Mayan cities were difficult to build.
MOST Maya lived
in beautiful cities.
in huts made of poles, mud, and leaves.
in caves.
in stone temples.
How do we know that the Mayan civilization was an intelligent and cultured one?
Use details from the article to support your answer.
Read this sentence from the story.
Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate structures in the city.
What does elaborate mean?
small
plain
fancy
old