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What was the name of the peninsula where the Mayans largely lived?
Yucatan Peninsula
What was the name of the group of Native Americans that came before the Mayans and influenced the Mayan way of life?
Olmec’s
What was the color of sacrifice?
Blue
What was the staple crop (most important food source) for the Maya people?
What is Maize.
The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called
What are glyphs?
The Mayans lived in which area of the world:
Mesoamerica: Guatemala and Mexico
Give two reasons for the disappearance of the Mayas.
Severe drought, warfare, disease, etc.
What did the Mayans consider beautiful? (Features)
What is flattened heads, crossed eyes
How did the Mayan people communicate?
They used Glyphs
The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.
What is zero.
Describes the Mayan religion
Religion was central to Mayan culture as they worshiped many gods and made many sacrifices, including human sacrifices.
The Mayans were able to create a detailed calendar because of their advancements in: (two things)
astronomy and mathematics
The Maya recorded their history on stone columns called ________.
Stelae
How many teams played the ball game?
What is two.
What was the name of a Mayan book?
What is a codex?
What was the social structure of the Mayans?
)Powerful kings and nobles on top; poor peasants and slaves on the bottom
A temple was built in Palenque to honor the long reign of the priest-king _______ who ruled for over 60 years.
Who was Pascal
What is cocoa?
A tree that produces cocoa beans.
What was the name of the Mayan game?
What is ulama
What is the climate of Mesoamerica?
What is tropical?
Mayan created _____________ which were buildings to help them view the stars. It starts with an O
What are Observatories
What is considered the classic period?
What is 250-900 AD
What were the four natural resources found in Mesoamerica?
jade, obsidian, seashells, and shark’s teeth
When did archaeologists discover the Mayan civilizations?
1830
1930
2023
1730
Today, descendants of the Maya continue to live in what area?
What is Central America