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The Maya civilization began in this present day country.
What is Mexico?
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In lowland areas, these were built to redirect and reuse rain water.
What are canals?
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In the Maya number system, the oval shell seen here represented this number.
What is zero?
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This was the main crop of the Maya.
What is Maize (or corn)?
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Cities sometimes fought for....
What is other prisoners, land, natural resources, and control of trade routes?
200
The Maya and Aztec civilizations were north of this imaginary line draw on maps and globes.
What is the equator?
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What is the name of the area that Mayan civilization spread over which includes present day Mexico, Belize, most of Guatemala, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador?
What is Mesoamerica.
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Archaeologist found these carved into Maya buildings and monuments which was proof of their complex writing system.
What are hieroglyphs?
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The Maya were famous for a distinct blue dye that is produced from this plant.
What is an indigo plant?
200
What did the Maya do during times of war?
What is the Maya often burned enemy towns and villages when fighting?
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This is the narrow strip of land that joins North and South America.
What is Central America?
300
In forested areas, this technique was used to make the land and soil available for planting.
What is slash and burn?
300
What is a dark delicious treat, still enjoyed by many?
What is chocolate?
300
What is the name of the culture from whom the Mayans inherited ideas?
Who are the Olmecs.
300
What were prisoners forced into?
What is slavery or killed as a sacrifice to the gods?
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This is an area that is made up of parts of Mexico and Central America.
What is Mesoamerica?
400
In the highland areas, the Maya practiced this type of farming so they could plant and harvest the land multiple times throughout the year.
What is multicropping?
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The Maya used two calendars. The solar calendar and this other calendar which was used to figure out what days were favorable for planting and harvesting.
What is the lunar calendar?
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Approximately, how many Maya are still alive?
What is 7 million?
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As a result of continuous fighting and war what was limited? How did the war impact the Maya?
What is food and resources? What is led to a decline in the civilization and many people needed to relocate?
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The Maya civilization flourished on this part of southern Mexico that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
500
This tree produces a fruit that has highly nutritious seeds which the Maya used to ground into flour.
What are breadnut trees?
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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.
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Name a well-known Maya? What impact has this person has on modern day Mayans?
Who is Rigoberta Menchu? She was an advocate for indigenous people rights.
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During the Classic Period, the Maya adapted and developed ideas they learned from the Olmecs. Name one.
What is... a. building enormous stone cities b. building observatories. c. charting movements of the moon, stars, and planets d. creating accurate calendars. e. not discovering the wheel.