Mayan Currency
what was the currency Mayans used?
cacao beans
list 3 ways of farming the Mayans used.
Raise field, Terrace farming, Shifting Cultivation
what is another name for maize
corn
name 2 tools Mayans used during farming
Flint axes, dibber
What did the Mayans use to fetch water
aqueduct
What are some items Mayans trade
tobacco, maize, and clothing.
what is another name for shifting cultivation?
Swidden or slash and burn
What is another name for the dibber
dibble stick or dibble
What is an aqueduct
Structures used to conduct a water stream across a hollow or valley
since when did the Mayans grow cultivated crops
since 2500 BC
how was the field created
Small canals were created by digging out soil from beneath the water and piling it up to create a small island.
What was the Mayan hatchet or axe made of
wood and could be 12 to 16 inches long. The head was a "celt" made of chert
What did the Mayans use the aqueduct for
To make more land available for living
What are some expensive purchases Mayans exchange
Gold, jade and copper
why is it called slash and burn or swidden
because jungle areas are chopped down and burnt.
what is a chert
Chert is a complex, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, the mineral form of silicon dioxide.
How long was the aqueduct used for
Mayans used the aqueduct for more than two thousand years
What are cacao beans used for
they are typically used for making chocolate
How was Terrace farming created
walls are built to make small flat fields one on top of the other.
other than Maize(corn) name 3 other crops that the Mayans grew
Beans, cocoa, squash, tobacco