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most beautiful Mayan city
What is Palenque
100
Father of Mayan archaeology
What is John Lloyd Stephens
100
symbols carved into stone
What are glyphs
100
game of life of death
What is pok-a-tok
100
used for historical purposes and began in 3114 BCE
What is Long Count
200
Largest Mayan city
What is Tikal
200
looked at as semidinve
What is Mayan kings
200
tall upright stone monuments commemorating special events in Mayan culture
What are stela
200
stories were passed down orally and recorded in this
What is the Popul Vuh
200
used for religious purposes and naming children
What is the Tzolkin
300
Center of classic Mayan culture
What is Copan
300
Artist who became sick with malaria and ended two important expeditions to the Yucatan
What is Frederick Catherwood
300
remains of cultures of ancient times
What are antiquities
300
The Maya built these for priests to study the stars
What are observatories
300
also called the Vague year
What is the Haab
400
nothern most city Mayan on Yucatan Peninsula
What is Chichen Itza
400
maize god
What is Yum Kax
400
sharp glasslike volcanic rock
What is obsidian
400
first society to create a symbol for this
What is zero
400
as part of their religion, the Maya closely studies these
What are stars and planets
500
Home to the hieroglyphic stairway
What is Copan
500
the upper class was made of these 4 groups of people
What is kings, priests, warriors and merchants
500
Mayan agriculture
What is slash and burn
500
had a math system based on this
What is base 20 system
500
favorite drink of Mayan kings
What is chocol haa
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