Geography
Social Structure
Characteristics of a Civilization
Vocabulary
Misc.
100
The Mayan Empire was located in the area (not country) known as ___________________________.
What is Central America/Mesoamerica?
100
Name one responsibility of the ruler.
What is declared war?
100

Explain the Mayan government?

Each city had its own government which was ruled by a king. 

100

A game Mayans played that included a heavy ball. Losers were sacrificed.

What is pok ta pok?

100
The Mayans thought that people with _________________________ were beautiful.
What is cross-eyes or flat foreheads?
200
The Mayans lived in two major landform/environment areas.
What is dense jungles and highlands (mountains)?
200
The third level of society from the bottom, traded and created sculptures/murals/books to honor their Gods.
What is merchants/artisans?
200

What are the Mayan religious beliefs?

There are many gods whom they must keep happy. 

200
Define slash and burn.
What is when people cut down trees, burn the trunks/stumps, and then plant on the remaining soil.
200

Two ways goods were transported by merchants.

boat and human caravan

300
Many Mayan city-states are found on piece of land that is surrounded by three sides of water. (specific name)
What is the Yucatan Peninsula.
300

What three groups could read and write?

What is ruler, priests, and scribes?

300

Name the 5 characteristics of a civilization.

What is government, religion, agriculture, social classes, and technology?

300
Underwater cave that lies beneath many of the Mayan city-states.
What is a cenote?
300

How was blood offered to the gods?

bloodletting, arrows to the heart, tossed into a cenote, cut out human heart

400
Name one of the natural resources the Mayans used to trade?
What is jade, shells, gold, emeralds, feathers?
400
Largest amount of the population.
What is peasants/farmers?
400

Give one example of Mayan technology.

What is the calendar, their number system, glyphs, irrigation, step pyramids.

400
Mayan picture writing.
What is glyphs?
400

3 inventions of the Maya

stone tools, cement, round buildings, stone arch

500
The Mayan Empire and city-states were located in 5 different modern day countries. Name 3.
What is Mexico, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
500

Name the levels of society in order from top to bottom.

What is ruler, nobles/priests, merchants/artisans, peasants, and slaves.

500
Give 2 examples of Mayan culture.
What is ringball, barter system, coming of age ceremonies, weddings, tattoos, body painting, jade jewelry.
500

A stone tree created by the Mayan stone carvers was called this. 

What is stelae?

500

Name 2 possible theories on what happened to the Mayans.

What is overused the land, natural disaster, fighting between cities, disease, attack, no longer believed in their leaders?

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