<p>Globe Trekker: Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala </p><p>True or False? </p><p>______1. There are still some six million Mayan Indians. </p><p>______2. Mérida is the capital of Yucatán. </p><p>______3. The Maya religion forbade the playing of ball games. </p><p>______4. The Maya invented the zero. </p><p>______5. Buses in the Yucatán follow a strict schedule and are almost always on time. </p><p>______6. Tulum has Mayan ruins but no beaches. </p><p>______7. Tulum means “City of Dawn” in the Mayan language. </p><p>______8. “Voladores” or “flyers” are men who swing around a pole at the end of a rope, thereby lowering themselves from a great height. </p><p>______9. Spanish is the official language of Belize. </p><p>_____ 10. The population of Belize is almost entirely “white.” </p><p>_____ 11. The music of the Garifuna people is based on African rhythms. </p><p>_____ 12. While in Belize, Justine goes scuba diving. </p><p>_____ 13. Caracol is a Mayan site easily reached by a new highway. </p><p>_____ 14. The ancient Maya buried their dead under the living room floor. </p><p>_____ 15. Caracol, unlike other Maya cities, did not fight constant wars. </p><p>_____ 16. Many German-speaking Mennonites live in Belize. </p><p>_____ 17. Tikal is in the Petén jungle of Belize, not far from Guatemala. _____ 18. Over half the population of Guatemala consists of pure-blooded Indians descended from the Maya. </p><p>_____ 19. Tikal, unlike other Mayan cities, was never abandoned by its people. </p><p>_____ 20. Guatemala City is the largest city in Central America. </p><p>_____ 21. Quiché is an old type of Spanish and is not a Mayan language. </p><p>_____ 22. In the highland areas of Guatemala both men and women usually wear traditional, brightly-colored dress. </p><p>_____ 23. The Pan American Highway in Guatemala is the country’s first four lane “superhighway.” </p><p>_____ 24. Justine attends the show of a traveling circus from El Salvador. </p><p>_____ 25. Villages around Lake Atitlán are named after the twelve Apostles.</p><p>_____ 26. Mariano is a Guatemalan artist or painter. </p><p>_____ 27. The indigenous (Indian) people of Guatemala are the country’s richest group. </p><p>_____ 28. Weaving by hand is an important craft in Guatemala. </p><p>_____ 29. At Easter Antiguans make elaborate flower “alfombras” (carpets).</p><p>_____ 30. Justine climbs a dormant, inactive volcano. </p>