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Modern day country where Mayan ruins can be found
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, or El Salvador
100
main food of the Maya
corn or maize
100
shape of the biggest Mayan buildings
pyramids
100
writing systems with symbols or pictures
hieroglyphics
100
Approximate year when Mayan civilization ended
900 AD (CE)
200
Name of the peninsula in Mexico where most Mayan city-states were built
Yucatan Peninsula
200
another food grown by the Maya, besides corn (maize)
squash, peppers, papaya, avocado, beans
200
How many feet off the ground was a pok-ta-tok hoop?
20-30 feet
200
Priests studied ____________________ to develop an accurate calendar
astronomy
200
human ________________ and blood letting was a huge part of Mayan religion
sacrifice
300
Type of climate in the Mayan homeland
warm, tropical, forested, sometimes a drought
300
the most popular sport
Pok-ta-tok
300
building materials used to build Mayan pyramids
stone, limestone, or adobe
300
Mayan mathematicians developed the concept of ______
zero
300
a common animal seen in Mayan hieroglyphs
snake, jaguar, bird, spiders
400
Name of the ocean to the east of the Mayan homeland
Atlantic
400
what surrounded the Mayan cities during the height of the Mayan civilization?
farms
400
What was the purpose of the biggest pyramids?
temples, places of worship, places for sacrifices
400
Mayan book were made from the bark of _____ trees
fig
400
number of different native languages spoken by Mayan people today
30
500
Modern-day name of the body of water west of the Yucatan peninsula.
Gulf of Mexico
500
Who were the highest ranking members of Mayan society?
priests and kings
500
Can you name a Mayan city?
Copan, Palenque, Tikal, Chichen Itza...
500
approximate number of different Mayan hieroglyphs
800
500
number of years that the Mayans' ancestors may have been in the area before the civilization developed
40,000 years
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