Dev of Mayan Civ
The reason the Mayas and Olmecs were able to create a civilization...
What is farming led to a stable food supply?
Name of the class under the Ruler...
What are nobles and priests?
Name at least two duties for Mayan fathers and sons.
What is working in the fields, hunting, and trapping animals?
What animal was especially important in Mayan religious beliefs?
What is the jaguar?
Name one of the Mayan foods...
What is maize (corn), beans, squash, or chili peppers?
The three periods of Mayan Civilization...
What is Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic?
The social class that did most of the farming.
Who are the peasants?
Where a new couple lived after they got married...
What is behind the home of the bride’s parents?
Name of game played by the Mayas...
What is pok-a-tok?
The most difficult challenge faced by Mayan farmers...
What is how to grow enough food?
Two modern day countries that exist now where the Mayan civilization was...
What is Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala?
Besides the ruler, ONLY the nobles and priests knew how to do this...
What is read and write?
Name two of the important celebrations during a Mayans life...
What is birth of a child, three/four months ceremony, coming-of-age (12 for girls and 14 for boys), or marriage?
How the Mayas honored their gods...
What is with offerings and sacrifice?
Type of farming technique used in mountainous highlands...
What is building terraces?
The Mayan Classic period happened in what years...
What is 300 C.E. to 900 C.E?
Name two of the roles priests performed...
What is led rituals, offered sacrifices, foretold the future, consulted to determine the best days to perform certain tasks, mathematicians, astronomers, and healers?
The typical ages for marriage among Mayans were..
What is 14 years old for girls and 20 years old for boys?
Name two activities priests would determine the best days for...
What is to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies?
Problem with slash-and-burn agriculture...
What is it wore out the soil?
Name two of the skills the Mayans adapted from the Olmecs...
What is their writing system, improved building techniques, building stone cities, building temple-style palaces, building observatories, and/or creating calendars?
Name 3 ways a Mayan became a slave...
What is born into it, parents sold their children, war prisoners, and/or as punishment?
Name one of the tools Mayan girl babies were given at three months...
What is tools for spinning and weaving, carrying water and cooking, and soaking and grinding maize?
Number of months and days in the Mayan Sacred Round...
What is 13 months and 20 days?
What farming technique was used in swampy areas?
What is building raised-earth platforms and canals?