Vocabulary 1
A complex human society, usually with developed culture, government, and a way of life.
What is a civilization
Consisting of many different and connected parts.
What is complex
A gradual and continuous decrease in the quality and quantity, or importance of something.
what is decline
A building dedicated to the worship of a god or gods.
What is a temple
Name three of the places where the Mayan Civilization were located.
What are Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala
Engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.
What is warfare
A system of money in a particular country.
What is currency
A system for organizing days in relation to larger time spans such as weeks, months, and years.
What is a calendar
A prolonged period of low rainfall leading to a shortage of water.
What is a drought
The period of the Mayan Civilization was called?
What is the Mesoamerican period or Classic Period
Relating to the natural world of land, sea, air, plants, and animals.
What is environmental
The branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
What is astronomy
The science or practice of farming, including the cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food and other products.
What is agriculture
A system of beliefs and practices concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, usually involving the worship of a god or gods.
What is religion
The top of the society.
Who were the kings and priest
A series of paths or waterways used for the exchange of goods and services.
What is a trade route
Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor.
What is legacy
A system of symbols and rules used to represent numbers.
What is number system
Relating to the Earth's surface or its physical features.
What is geographic
The writing system goes by this name
What are hieroglyphics
A set of symbols, letters, or characters used to represent the words of a language.
What is a writing system
An independent city and it's surrounding territory forming a political unit ran by its own noble people.
What is a city-state
A monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet at a point.
What is a pyramid
The way a society is organized, including different levels of power and roles.
What is a social structure
During ball games the ballplayers could not use these
What are their hands and feet