Astronomy
Mayan Numerals
The Sacred Ball Game
Religion
Government
100

What did Mayan astronomers study to develop calendars?

What is the movement of the sun and moon?

100

What does one horizontal line represent as a Mayan numeral?

What is 5?

100

What was the ball court for The Sacred Ball Game shaped like?

What is a H shape?

100

What did the Mayans believe in?

What is polytheism, the belief in many gods?

100

What did the Maya regions include?

What is city states?

200

How many calendars did the astronomers develop?

What is 3?

200

What does 2 horizontal lines as a Mayan numeral represent?

What is 10?

200

What often happened to the losing team?

What is they got sacrificed/executed?

200

What did the Mayas believe that the priests and kings could do?

What is they could communicate with the gods through religious rituals?

200

What did each Maya city state have?

What is their own king?

300

Were the Mayan's observations more or less accurate than the European astronomers?

What is more accurate?

300

Did Mayan astronomers need to also be mathematicians?

What is yes, because they used math to make the calendars?

300

What social rank were the players playing The Sacred Ball Game?

What is slaves?

300

Where did kings and priests preform rituals?

What is in temples atop pyramids?

300

Who was the leadership usually passed on to?

What is a father passing on to a son?

400

How many days were in a ritual year?

What is 260?

400

What does 3 horizontal lines represent as a Mayan numeral?

What is 15?

400

What body parts could the players use to hit the ball into the stone hoops?

What is hips, thighs, and upper arms?

400

Why did the Mayas build temples on top of pyramids?

What is so the priests/kings could be closer to the gods in heaven or to show the power of the priests/kings?

400

Who helped run the government?

What is nobles?

500

What do the two small rings in the Maya calendar represent?

What is 20 days of each ritual month?

500

What is one numeral that the Mayans used long before the Europeans?

What is 0?

500

What did the king believe for the winning team?

What is they were favored by the gods?

500

Why did Maya commoners fear to displease the priests/kings?

What is that they believed that the leaders could call on the gods to punish them?

500

What did Maya kings increase their power through?

What is warfare?

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