The Trade Network
where did most of their salt come from?
Cerrito because, of it geographical location by a river that has a lot of brine (natural springs for producing salt).
what is a pre-industrial culture
Maya civilization ranks
on what number was the Mayan number system based
1,5, and 0
what were the names of the three Mayan calendars
haab,tzolkin, and uayeb
how many miles by land would you have to travel for cotton Goods?
300 miles.
what was the estimated population of Ancient copan
at least 80 to 130 workers
what symbol did the Maya use for zero
the shell
what probably explains why the Maya use 20-day segments in their virtual calendar and 20-day months in their solar calendar
to only have draw one symbol
what goods were exchanged from the people of Cerritos and the people of mayapan?
salt,cacao,cotten,honey, and jade.
what does the ability to build great buildings out of stone tell me about the Mayan political power
being eligible to build for themselves and not having someone else do it for them
how did the Maya write a 0
with 1 shell
what calendar was used to keep track of religious days
tzolkin because it marked ceremonial life of the people
how would the trade show on the map improve life for people across the Mayan religion?
it improved because they were eligible to resources
judging from the drawing of el meridor which criterion scale genius effort or significance
why is it important to have a symbol for zero
beacuse that was the only number that used a shell
which calendar would have been most useful in predicting the beginning of rainy seasons
uayeb because it had the whole year of days (365)
using at least two measuring sticks describe what is remarkable about the Mayan Trade Network
they were remarkable because of its scale and physical effort
from the text not the drawing what was most remarkable about the Mayan architecture
their man built pyramids
using at least two measuring sticks scale, genius, effort, and significance describe what was remarkable about the Mayan system of mathematics
geniues and effort
using at least one measuring stick scale genius effort or significance describe what was remarkable about the Mayas development of their calendar
significance