Who was seen as the bridge between humans and gods?
What is the rulers
100
What important mathematic concept did the Mayans come up with?
What is the concept of zero
100
Why did small groups of Mayan people live in the highlands above the rainforest?
What is farming.
It was much easier to farm in these higher lands than it was to do in the rainforest. Because of this many of the Mayan cities were down low, but the agricultural areas were higher up.
100
What name is used to refer to the decline of the Mayan Empire?
What is the Mystery of the Maya.
100
What were the common Mayan huts made out of?
What is mud, stone, and wooden poles.
200
Who is the person does sacrifices in Mayan culture?
What is the ah nacom.
200
Which region was the most popular for agriculture?
What is The Central Mayan Area.
200
By the time the Spanish arrived what was left of the Mayan population?
What is small rural/agricultural communities
200
How were the great Mayan temples built?
What is stacking.
They would start with the base layer and then continue to build up in a pyramid until they had a magnificent temple.
300
Who was sacrificed in Maya culture?
Who are the war prisoners and losers of the ball game?
300
What important water technology was it thought the Mayans invented?
What is pressurized water?
It was thought that the Mayans were advanced enough to have fountains as well as pressurized, running water in their toilets.
300
What modern day countries do the Mayans inhabit?
What is Guatemala.
They also inhabited parts of the northern Yucatan peninsula.
300
Name one possible reason for the decline of the Mayan empire?
What is:
drought
exhaustion of resources
warfare with neighboring cities
300
What super awesome food that everyone loves did the Mayan invent?
What is chocolate!
400
Describe the Mayans view of the underworld and who was sent there.
The underworld for the Mayans was full of sinister gods. Most of the people were thought to go there. It was the place where all the evil or bad gods lived.
400
How many years ago was the Mayan writing system thought to have been invented?
What is 2,300.
A script sample was found in San Bartolo that was 2,300 years old.
400
The Mayan geography was well suited for what crops?
What is maize, cacao, squash, beans, avocados, pumpkins, and chili peppers.
400
Around what time do we consider the Mayan empire collapsed?
What is 900 A.D
400
Who went to the heavens?
What is sacrifices and people who died in child-birth
500
Describe study of the origin of the universe in Mayan religion.
What is cosmology?
The universe was created five times and destroyed four.
500
What base did the Mayan number system use?
What is 20.
Unlike our system which has a 10 base, the Mayan has 20.
500
About how many inches of rain did the Maya get a year?
What is 36 inches
500
Which part of the Mayan empire was the last to fall?
What is Northern Yucatan Peninsula.
After the fall of the Southern cities the northern Yucatan peninsula still had power for a little longer.