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Class Structure
Family Life
Mayan Government
Achievements
Mayans Lifestyle
100
Explain social hierarchy.
What is groups of people divided based on authority and division of labor - jobs
100
What jobs did Mayan men do?
What is hunting, gathering, building, farming
100
Any person who commits a crime, will be seen by the?
What is a judge?
100
Why did Mayans have a writing system using pictures and symbols?
What is to help communicate with one another and record information that was important?
100
What country did Mayans inhibit?
What is Mexico?
200
Name all of the social classes of the Mayans.
What is Kings, Priests, Nobles, Artisans/Merchants, Farmers, and Slaves
200
Peasants: Name one of the crops that peasants worked hard to farm.
What is corn, squash, or beans?
200
Not everyone was treated fairly in the Mayan law system. True or False.
What is False? Everyone had the right to appear in court and to be treated as fairly as possible.
200
Mayans had two different calendars, one similar to our 365-day calendar, and the Sacred Round. What was special about the Sacred Round?
What is that priests could "read" the hidden meanings, and then determine the best days to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies?
200
The primary Mayan food was what?
What is corn? (maize)
300
How did religion play a role in government and Mayan social classes?
What is the communication between Kings and gods/goddesses (Kings felt they were able to talk to the gods)
300
Name two tasks of Mayan peasant women and men.
What is... Peasant women: - making tortillas, and tamales - caring for small children and family animals - sweeping homes - gathering, spinning and weaving cotton into cloth Peasant men: - farming - hunting and trapping animals - constructing large buildings such as palaces and temples - serving as soldiers in times of war
300
What was the most common way to punish people?
What is Death?
300
What is the name of the Mayan ball game in which nobles tried to hit balls through stone rings using their elbows, wrists, and hips?
What is pok-a-tok?
300
What is the name of the culture from whom the Mayans inherited ideas? (Their name started with an "O").
Who are the Olmecs.
400
What made the King the most powerful social class?
What is Kings were respected, lived luxurious lives, communicated to the gods, etc.
400
Name some of the issues that the "atanzahab," or matchmaker, had to negotiate between families.
What is a. how much food or clothing would be given to the bride's family b. the number of years a young man would work for his new wife's family?
400
What are two other ways for people to get punished for doing crimes?
What is getting their hair cut or working as a servant that stole from?
400
Although Mayans were not one unified nation and lived in many city-states, name one thing that created their common culture.
What is... a. social system. b. languages. c. calendar. d. religion. e. way of life?
400
What did Mayans believe about blood, and what did they do with regards to this belief?
What is that blood gave the gods strength, so they last made blood sacrifices involving animals and sometimes humans.
500
Describe what America's social hierarchy would look like using what you know about the Mayans?
What is President, Vice President, Government (Congress), upper class, middle class, etc. Answers may vary
500
Mayan religion was polytheistic. What did they believe about their many gods, and what are some examples?
What is that their gods were forces or objects in nature that affected people's daily lives, e.g. god of rain, god of corn, god of death?
500
Define city-state.
What is an independent state that is surrounded by villages and land?
500
State one theory to why the Mayan empire collapsed.
What is... a. populations grew faster than the farming systems could sustain. b. drought c. uncontrolled warfare. d. invaders?
500
What was one of the most difficult challenges Mayans faced with regards to agriculture?
What is growing food for a growing population?