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What is the color of Sacrifice?
What is blue
Maya was influenced by which other culture?
What are the Olmecs
Where did the Mayans flourish
In the dense rainforests of Central America
What was their staple crop
What is Maize (corn)
Name three countries that Mayan lived in
What is Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador
When did their civilization began
Name some of the bustling cities of the Mayans
What is Tikal, Copan, and Chichen Itza
True or False
The Mayans were incredible architects
True
What is one of the most fascinating aspects of the Mayan Civilization
What is their writing system
What was their writing system composed of?
What are hieroglyphics
True or False
Their writing system was a complete written language.
True
What other crops did the Mayans grow? Name at least three
Beans, squash and chili peppers
What was the Mayan economy based off of
What is agriculture
What played a central role in Mayan life?
What is religion
What was one way to appease the gods?
Bloodletting or human and animal sacrifices
What was the purpose of human sacrifices, explain in detail.
To appease the gods and ensure rain, good harvests and victory in battle.
When did the Mayan civilization decline
Around 900 AD
Where do descendants of Maya continue to live
What is Central America
When did the Maya drink their chocolate drink
What is for the elite and for religious ceremonies
What were some things that the Mayans traded?
What is jade, obsidian and cacoa.