Geography
What is the modern day country the Maya developed in?
Mexico
What method of farming did the Maya practice?
Slash and Burn or Raised Bed agriculture
What is astronomy?
The study of space and all celestial bodies.
Were the Maya polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
What is the geographic area of the world the Maya were found in?
Mesoamerica
Name at least two benefits to slash and burn agriculture.
Makes room for agriculture in a rainforest environment, fertilizes the soil, and prevents wildfires.
What two areas of study were used by the Maya to make their calendars?
Astronomy and Mathematics
What is the name of the sacred text for the Maya?
Popol Vuh
What is the name of the peninsula the Maya developed in?
Yucatan Peninsula
What natural resource did the Maya build their architecture with?
Limestone
What are the two lasting contributions of Maya mathematics?
The number zero and the decimal place value.
What is the name of the Maya ball game?
Pok-A-Tok
The Maya were mostly settled in a lowland environment. Describe a lowland environment.
Low altitude, grassland or rainforest environment, warmer temperatures.
What is the name of the buildings used to observe the sky?
Observatories
What were the symbols called that the Maya wrote in?
Hieroglyphs
Why was the Maya ball game important?
It held sacred meaning for the Maya people.
What is a cenote?
Underground caves that had plenty of natural resources and were sacred to the Maya.
Why was the sacred round calendar important to the Maya in regard to interacting with the environment?
The sacred round calendar kept track of dates that they needed for agriculture.
The glyphs of Maya writing represented what?
Sounds, or syllables
In regard to religion, why was the sacred round calendar important for the Maya?
It allowed them to keep track of religious dates and ceremonies.