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Believe it or Not
Ancient Society
A Day in the Life
What's for Dinner?
The Mayans did that
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It's who Mayans used the most for human sacrifices and accounted for most of the Mayan people.

Who are peasants?

1

These people were the most important to the Maya because they made and sold the goods.

What are merchants or artisans?

1
Mayan women cooked and wove cloth.  Mayan men did this...

What is farming?

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It's a Mayan crop also known as corn.

What is maize?

1

The Maya sometimes used this pay for things.

What are cacao beans (chocolate)?

2

A religious ritual reserved for Mayan royalty.

What is bloodletting?

2

The Mayan civilization what made up of several of these, each with their own king.

What are city-states?

2

While royalty wore brightly colored, hand woven clothes, peasant often had to wear these.

What are loincloths, long skirts or blankets (coverings)?

2

The Maya ate this horned animal.

What are deer?

2

It's what the Maya based their counting system on.

What is the number 20?

3

A deep natural well that the Maya threw children into to please the gods!

What are cenote?

3

It's the type of government of the Maya.

What is a monarchy?

3

Used for public gatherings and ball games, it was built to honor the Mayan King Pacal.

What is Palenque City?

3

It's a method of farming the Maya sometimes used that no everyone agrees with.

What is slash and burn?

3

The Mayans invented it.

What is the number 0?

4

It's about how many gods and goddesses the Maya had.

What is over 200?

4

Just as important as the king, often giving the king advice.

What is a priest?

4

It's what played a role in all the Mayans did in their personal and public lives.

What is religion?

4

The Maya farmed using this method in swampy areas.

What is a raised bed crop?

4

It's what the Maya used as writing.

What are hieroglyphics?

5

It's why Mayans did anything and everything.

What is pleasing the gods?

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Usually death, prison, or fines, these were given immediately for breaking the law because there were no courts.

What are punishments?

5

Even though they were NOT the ones usually used as Mayan sacrifices or working in fields, they still had no rights or privileges.

Who are slaves?

5

It's when the Maya cut little field areas into hillsides to farm, reducing erosion and water loss.

What is a terrace crop?

5

It showed that the end of the world would be in the year 2012.

What is the Mayan calendar?