Who Are The Mayans?
When did the Mayans thrive?
200-900 CE
Did the Mayans have a ruler?
King or Holy Lord
What Type of vegetables did the Mayans Eat?
Beans, Corn, Squash & Tomatoes
Where did the Mayans worship?
Temples
When the Europeans Arrived?
In the early 1500s,
Where did the Mayans thrive at first?
Guatemala
True or false did the Mayans need to have Royal blood to be King?
True
What Was Mayans First to do?
Write The number Zero
Ahau was the name of which God?
Day of the Sun
What Did The Europeans Bring With Them When They Came to the Mayans?
Sickness That Killed People.
When was the Mayan civilization advanced?
In pre-Columbian America
Who were also powerful members of society?
Priests
What Did the Mayans Turn The Zero Into After They Drew the Number Zero?
A Shell Symbol.
Why did they bury people under their houses?
Because they thought their Ancestors would protect them
Why Did the Civilization Declined Having More People?
It Was too Crowed Or Over Population?
What are the Mayans well know for?
Architecture
Name two other professions of the Mayans?
Merchants and Soldiers
Name something the Mayans were famous for?
Mathematics
Why did they build temples?
To worship and perform rituals
Why Did a Lot of People Died?
The Europeans Brought Sickness Or They Died in the wars/battles.
Name something the Mayans invented?
The Mayan calendar
Name a Mayan temple?
Chichen Itza
What kind of drink did Mayans have that only the elite could drink?
Chocolate drinks
Name a God the Mayans worshiped?
Itzamna
Why Did The Mayans live in small villages?
It Was Over Population?