Mayan Civilization
Mayan Religion
Mayan Inventions and Accomplishments
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All You Ever Wanted To Know About Mayan Civilizations
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Central America and Yucatan Peninsula
What is the location of the Mayan civilization?
100
Religious sacrifices
What did many Mayan religious ceremonies include?
100
Slash and burn
What is one of the oldest methods of farming used by the Mayans?
100
Glyphs
What is the Mayan system of writing?
100
Slaves
What did Mayans use to transport goods for trading?
200
Historians still don't know
What ended the Mayan civilization?
200
Victims were thrown into this if they survived there were rescued and given special treatment.
What is the Well of Sacrifice?
200
Corn
What was the main crop for the Mayas?
200
The idea of zero
What mathematical idea were the Mayans first to use?
200
Barter
What system did Mayans use when trading?
300
Central Ceremonial Plaza
What did all Mayan cities have?
300
A living god who ruled until his death
What is a halach uinic?
300
Irrigation systems, terraces and religious celebrations
What systems did Mayans use to grow and maintain crops?
300
Base of 20
What base did Mayan mathematics use?
300
The Spanish
What group conquered the Mayans?
400
Chichen Itza
What is the location of the Well of Sacrifice?
400
The Earth was flat, it floated on the back of a crocodile and it was the floor of a lizard house
What did the Mayans believe about the Earth?
400
Pottery
What Mayan artifacts still remain today?
400
260 day calendar
What calendar was used to determine religious events?
400
Cacao Beans
What was used as a form of Mayan "money"?
500
Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic
What are the three Mayan eras?
500
The dead
What did the Mayans worship?
500
Murals
What did Mayans use to show everyday scenes and religious ceremonies?
500
The movement of the Earth around the Sun
What was the 365 day calendar based on?
500
Smallpox
What disease killed many Mayans?
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