Golden Age of the Maya

Vocabulary

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200

Who ruled the city states?

Kings and lords

200

What does flourish mean?

to be successful

200

Who sketched stone monuments in the forest when he was young?

David Stuart

200


What are 2 types of precious stones the Maya used?

obsidian and jade

200

What was mortar and stucco used for?

To build the temples/pyramids

400

What were the 3 social classes?

Higher class - kings, lords. priest

middle - craftsmen

lower - famers slaves

400

What is a city state?

a city that governs itself

400

What is a stelae?

a stone monument

400

What are hieroglyphics?

an ancient form of writing

400

How did Maya build the temples and pyramids without any machinery?

They used their bodies (carrying stones on their backs)

600

What were pyramid temples used for mostly?

burial monuments, homes for rulers or priests, or a place for celebrations and festivals

600

What does incessant mean?

nonstop

600

The Maya developed a system of writing that they eventually put on a what? Hint:  these were destroyed or disappeared at some point

codex

600

What did the Maya develop that includes a dot, a line and a picture?

mathematics

600

What was a priest's role besides conducting religious ceremonies?

medical and dentist procedures

800

What did the Maya offer as sacrifices to the gods?

animals or humans

800

What is a temple?

a place of worship

800

Who is Pakal?

king that ruled from the time he was 12 till 82

800

What did the Maya calculate that is very close to ours today?

calendar

800

What could be one reason the Maya civilization crumbled?

drought conditions, epidemic, a shift in ecological balance of region, a war

1000

What was a precious stone of the Maya?

jade or obsidian

1000

What does the word indigenous mean?

existing naturally in  particular area

1000

What did archaeologists find in his sarcophagus?

a jade death mask

1000

How did the Maya use calendars?

to farm, harvest or ceremonies and celebrations

1000

What language is mostly spoken now in Mesoamerica?

Spanish

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