Geography
Social Pyramid
Daily Life
Religion
Miscellaneous
100
What do we call the region that extends from Mexico through Central America?
What is Mesoamerica
100
Which group was considered the "backbone" of Mayan society?
What is Peasants
100
Mayan peasant women rose before dawn each day to do what?
What is start the fire
100
The primary Mayan gods represented forces in _________?
What is nature
100
What was the main source of food for the Mayan people?
What is maize (corn)
200
What is ONE modern Central American country where the Mayans lived?
What is Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, or El Salvador
200
Which was the only Mayan group that could read the sacred calendar?
What is Priests
200
What were TWO duties of Mayan peasant men?
What is grow food, hunt, trap, or fight in armies
200
How many gods did the Mayans have?
What is over 160
200
What agricultural technique did Mayans use in densely forested lowlands?
What is Slash-and-burn agriculture
300
In what part of modern day Mexico was the city of Chichen Itza located?
What is Yucatan Peninsula
300
Members of which group led the army in times of war?
What is Nobles
300
Where did Mayan men and women live immediately after marriage?
What is Behind the home of the wife's parents
300
What was the name of the religious calendar?
What is Sacred Round (tzolkin)
300
What are the three main time periods of the Mayan civilization?
What is terracesPre-classic, Classic, Post-Classic
400
What are three examples of resources that were imported by merchants, from mountainous regions of the Mayan civilization?
What is obsidian, jade, copal (sap), or quetzal feathers
400
What were three ways in which Mayan merchants traveled to conduct trade with other city-states?
What is sea, river, and road
400
What were given to Mayan baby girls in the ceremony held at three-months of age?
What is tools of home that she would use throughout her life
400
What was the Mayan ball game, which often ended in the sacrifice of the loosing team?
What is Pok-a-tok
400
The Mayans were united by a common culture. What were TWO cultural elements shared by Mayans across city-states?
What is social pyramid, language, calendar, religion, or way of life
500
The geography of the Mayan empire varied greatly. What are the three main geographic regions?
What is Northern lowlands, Southern lowlands, Highlands
500
What were three ways in which free Mayans could become slaves (i.e. not born into slavery)?
What is sold into slavery to pay debts, punishment for committing a crime, and captured in battle
500
At the Mayan coming-of-age ceremony, the beads and shells, removed from the hair and waists of boys and girls, were symbolic of what?
What is innocence
500
The Mayan maize god in an example of what common theme that occurred across civilizations?
What is gods that represent food or the worship of food
500
What were THREE ideas or innovations that the Mayans inherited from the Olmec people who came before them?
What is permanent settlements based on agriculture, extensive trade routes, ceremonial centers, the calendar, or hieroglyphics
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