Pyramids
The number of different types of Mayan pyramids
What is two?
The calendar which was used for religious and ceremonial purposes
What is the Tzolkin?
From a recent research at Chichen Itza the bones of the children sacrificed were of what gender
What is male?
The location where Columbus intended to sail to however landed in the Americas
What is India/East Indies?
The area in Mexico where some of the Maya civilisation was developed
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The Mayan city where a range of different temples and pyramids are located
What is Chichen Itza?
The amount of days on the Tzolkin calendar
What is 260 days?
This was the reason why children were considered for sacrifice
What is pure/innocent?
This is the nationality of Columbus
The explorers that journey across the Atlantic after Columbus' stories of the riches that await in the Americas
What are the conquistadors?
The colour of Mayan pyramids?
What is red?
This calendar was used for agricultural and civil purposes?
What is the Haab?
The practice which involved the intentional drawing of blood usually through methods like piercing the tongue, ears, or other body parts.
What is bloodletting?
The King and Queen of this country funded his journey across the Atlantic
What is Spain?
Events like a shooting star that are believed to tell the future
What is an omen?
The number of steps on the pyramid El Castillo
What is 364?
The total days on the Haab calendar
What is 365 days?
The reason for most Mayan sacrifices
What is agricultural purposes?
The number of ships Columbus first sailed to the Americas with
What is three?
This was the writing script that the Maya created (they were the only Mesoamerican civilisation to have a writing system)
What are glyphs?
The animal the pyramid at Tikal is dedicated to
What is the jaguar?
This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Long Count calendar
What is 21st December 2012?
The way in which an enemy king would be sacrificed
What is decapitation?
The year in which Columbus first sailed to the Americas
What is 1492?
The period between 300 and 900CE which was the height of the Mayan civilisation
What is the Classical Period?