The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1A Name: Date:...atlases or other maps to help you answer these questions. 1.What are the names of the five modern countries located where the Maya lived?

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The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1A

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Use the political map to help you label the five modern countries in the location of the Mayan civilisation.

Now see if you can find out the names of the capital cities of each of these countries. Write them in the table below.

Country Capital City

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The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1B


Use a map to help you label the five modern countries in the location of the Mayan civilisation, and each country’s capital city.

The cities are marked with a star.

Can you find out what the flag for each of these countries looks like? Draw a flag in each of the boxes below.

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The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1C




1. In which continent did the Maya live?

2. Many Maya lived in the Yucatan Peninsula of modern-day Mexico. What is a peninsula?

3. Which seas and oceans surround the area in which the Maya lived?

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________

The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1D


Look at the Mayan Map to see where the Maya lived, then use atlases or other maps to help you answer these questions.

1.What are the names of the five modern countries located where the Maya lived?

2. Name the two countries that border the countries of the Maya.

3. In which continent did the Maya live?

4. In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Palenque?

5. In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Copan?

6. In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Tikal?

7. Name the five modern-day capital cities for each of the five countries:

8. Name two other features you spotted on the map of the area:

The Maya: Geography Political Map


United States of America

Canada

MexicoBelize

GuatemalaEl Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa RicaPanama

Colombia

Venezuela

Ecuador

Peru Brazil

Bolivia

Chile

Argentina

Uruguay

French Guiana

Suriname

Guyana

CubaHaiti Dominican

Republic

Puerto Rico

The Maya: Geography Mayan Map


The Land of the Maya

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________

The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1A


Use the political map to help you label the five modern countries in the location of the Mayan civilisation.

Mexico

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Belize

Now see if you can find out the names of the capital cities of each of these countries. Write them in the table below.

Country Capital CityGuatemala Guatemala City

Honduras Tegucigalpa (Tegus)

Mexico Mexico City

El Salvador San Salvador

Belize Belmopan

Answers

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The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1B




Mexico

Guatemala

El SalvadorHonduras

Belize

Can you find out what the flag for each of these countries looks like? Draw a flag in each of the boxes below.

Mexico City

Guatemala City

San Salvador

Belmopan

Tegucigalpa (Tegus)

Answers

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________

The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1C




1. In which continent did the Maya live? North America

2. Many Maya lived in the Yucatan Peninsula of modern-day Mexico. What is a peninsula?

A piece of land with water on three sides, but connected to the mainland.

3. Which seas and oceans surround the area in which the Maya lived? Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Mexico

Guatemala

El SalvadorHonduras

BelizeMexico City

Guatemala City

San Salvador

Belmopan

Tegucigalpa (Tegus)

Answers

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________

The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1D


Look at the Mayan Map to see where the Maya lived, then use atlases or other maps to help you answer these questions.

1.What are the names of the five modern countries located where the Maya lived?

Mexico Guatemala Belize

El Salvador Honduras

2. Name the two countries that border the countries of the Maya.

Nicaragua United States of America

3.In which continent did the Maya live? North America

4.In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Palenque? Mexico

5. In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Copan? Honduras

6.In which modern-day country is the Mayan city of Tikal? Guatemala

7. Name the five modern-day capital cities for each of the five countries:

Mexico City Guetamala City Belmopan

San Salvaor Tegucigalpa (Tegus)

8. Name two other features you spotted on the map of the area:

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The Maya: Geography Worksheet 1A Name: Date:...atlases or other maps to help you answer these questions. 1.What are the names of the five modern countries located where the Maya lived?