Warriors
Weapons
Poktok
(Ball Game)
Sacrifice
100
These people were important to the Mayan way of life.
Who are warriors?
100
This was a close range blade used for stabbing.
What is a knife?
100
Players of the ball game were not allowed to use these parts of their body.
What are their hands and feet?
100
This person's blood is believed to keep the universe in balance.
Who is the king?
200
This was a round flat circle, covered with pictures that represented all the wonderful things they had accomplished and all the battles they had won.
What is a shield?
200
This was a long pole with a blade at the tip. It was used for throwing or stabbing.
What is a spear?
200
These people were forced to play Poktok.
Who are war captives (or prisoners)
200
Mayan sacrifice was limited, unlike this civilization's sacrifice, which was daily.
Who are the Aztecs?
300
Mayan warriors would dance around holding their shields and shaking noisemakers before one of these.
What is a battle?
300
This weapon used by the Mayans was somewhat like a log and was used to crush the enemy rather than stab them.
What is a club?
300
Players of the ball game that scored were rewarded with these two prizes.
What are clothing and jewelry?
300
The person that was to be sacrificed was usually chosen from this group of people.
What is the war captives and prisoners?
400
Mayan warriors wore four things made of jaguar teeth, crocodile teeth, jaguar claws and feathers. Name at least three of these things.
What are necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and headgear?
400
This was a curved blade used by the Mayans in battle or for cutting grass.
What is a sickle?
400
Players of Poktok wore pads on these 2 parts of their body.
What are hips and arms?
400
This was the color of sacrifice for the Mayans.
What is blue?
500
Mayan warriors wore these two colors of body paint.
What are red and black?
500
This was a device used by the Mayans for throwing a spear.
What is an atlatl?
500
The hoop/ring was this high off the ground.
What is 27 feet?
500
This is what the nacom's position was at a Mayan sacrificial ritual.
What is the executioner?
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