Maya Civilization Periods
The height of Maya Civilization
What is Classic Period
The Creole people of Belize evolved from the unions between ___ and ____.
What is African slaves and slave masters.
The slaves were brought to Belize from ____.
What is Africa
The group of Mayas that migrated from Mexico and are known as the Yucatec occupy areas in the _____ and _____ districts.
What is Corozal and Orange Walk
What is the name of a famous Creole dance.
What is sambai
In which period did contact with the Spanish increase?
What is Post-Classic
Name one creole female Belizean artist discussed in class.
Who is Leela Vernon
One of the most demanding jobs performed by the slaves was
What is harvesting and processing sugar cane
The Kechi Mayas are found in the ____ district.
What is Toledo
True OR False
African slaves took care of both white and black children.
What is True
Hunting, fishing and plant foraging was important part of the Mayan diet in this period.
What is Pre-classic
The standardization of Creole started in the year ___-.
What is 1994
In which year was slavery abolished in Britain and its colonies?
What is 1838
Double Head Cabbage has a large population of ____ people.
What is Creole
There are ____ types of Maya in Belize.
What is 3
The Mayas developed sophisticated form of Mathematics in the _____ period.
What is Classic
Between which years did the Kriol dialect develop?
What is 1650 and 1930
The abolition of slavery led to less unions between the slaves and their masters. True OR False
What is false
Which village in the Stann Creek district is home to many Creoles and also a famous tourist destination.
What is Placencia.
Doctors in the Mayan civilization were called ___
What is Shamans
In the Classic period, the Mayas recorded their political, religious, and social history on _____ and altars.
What is stelae and altars
Name two dialects to which the Belizean Kriol shares some similarities.
What is Jamaican Patois and Miskito Coast Creole.
Which word is used to refer to the unions between different groups of people.
What is miscegenation
This branch of the Mayas migrated from Guatemala and have communities in Toledo and San Jose Succotz village.
What is Mopan Maya.
The Mayas referred to ___, ____, and ____ as the three sisters.
What is corn, beans and squash.