Geography
The Mayans lived in this place.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
These were the three eras that the Mayans survived through.
What are pre-classic, post-classic, and classic eras?
This is how the Mayans could determine the best times to plant and harvest their crops.
What are records?
This was the form of religion that the Mayans practiced.
What is polytheism?
Of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
The Mayans survived for this long.
What is 1500 years (400 BCE - 900 CE)?
The game that the Mayans played on their ball courts.
What is Pok-A-Tok?
The earliest form of books.
What are codices?
The number of gods that the Mayans believed were representing the four corners of the world.
What is four?
An independant city which has its own government completely separate from nearby countries.
What is a city-state?
These were considered portals by the Mayans.
What are mirrors?
Every city had these five things. (List three)
What are pyramids, temples, palaces, ball courts, and plazas?
The Mayan writing system used this many symbols.
What is about 800?
The name of the Mayan underworld.
What is Xibalba?
A lasting evidence reminder, or example of something or someone notable or great.
What are monuments?
The Yucatan Peninsula is bordered by these three bodies of water.
What are The Gulf of Mexico, The Gulf of Honduras, and the Pacific Ocean?
Stone slabs decorated with carved images and hieroglyphs.
What are stelae?
The Mayans could predict this using long term records.
What are planetary cycles, phases of the moon, and eclipses?
The number of days between each Mayan festival.
What is twenty?
The calendar system used by the Olmecs and Mayans.
Bonus Question: The name of the calendar system used in the United States.
What is a long calendar?
Bonus Answer: What is the Gregorian Calendar?
The Maya were named after this city.
What is Mayapan?
La Danta
What is the largest pyramid ever made?
This man burned most of the Mayan books.
Who was the first Bishop of Yucatan - Diego de Landa?
This god is at the heart of Mayan religion.
Who is the Corn God (Hun Hunahpu)?
The ancient site of a once thriving capital of the Mayans.
What is El Mirador?