Maze

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/maze

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is a maze?A maze is a network of paths that makes you think about where to go next. It usually has many choices and some dead ends. It can be a fun puzzle or a special garden walk.
2. Where did mazes first appear?The first mazes were in ancient stories, like the Cretan Labyrinth from Greek mythology. Those early mazes had only one winding path that led to a center point.

Unicursal Maze: A maze with a single, non-branching path from the entrance to the center.
Multicursal Maze: A maze with multiple branching paths, dead ends, and choices to make.
Graph Theory: The study of graphs as mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects.