A Culture Flourishes
The Maya culture settled in...?
Mesoamerica
What did some of the pyramids serve as?
Burial monuments to honor dead kings
What was the main food throughout mesoamerica
Maize or Corn
What technique did the mayas use in the forested areas
Slash and burn
Some courts were nearly as large as...
a modern day football field
Which groups of people were considered to be in the highest social class?
Lords
Was the Chichen Itza a dry or wetland
It was an ARID or dry land
When did lowland areas receive the most rainfall?
Between May and December
What did slash and burn technique do for the crops?
Gave the crops nutrients
What does the game symbolize?
The passage of the sun across the sky
What evidence of growth and prosperity is found in paragraph one?
writing, religion, and art flourished
List two things the gods were responsible for
floods, droughts, sickness, health, rising of the sun, and phases of the moon
What did the fish provide for the mayas?
food and fertilizer from the fields
What did the Mayas do with the breadnut fruit tree?
The maya ate the seeds or ground them into flour
What happens at the end of the game?
Some players are sacrificed to the Gods
What did each city state have?
A powerful lord that governed his own city and surrounding areas
The text states they offered sacrifices, or gifts, to their Gods. What was their common offering?
Sacrificial blood of animals and humans
How did they redirect and reuse rain water?
They created canals in the lowlands and built raised platforms above the canals creating their own wetlands.
What game were Mayas hunting in the forest?
Deer, rabbits and other small mammals
What did the mural show
the members of the kings royal court lived lives of luxury
What dominated the center of maya city states?
The temples and pyramids
Why did the Maya offer sacrifices to the rain Gods?
They believed they would water their fields
What is multicropping?
Planting and harvesting crops multiple times a season
Were the Maya the first civilization to live in Mesoamerica?
No
What did the noble women wear? what did the noble men wear?
women- beads, pendants, earrings.
Men- feathered headdresses of quetzal plumes