Who Were The Mayans
Mayan Social Structure
Mayan Customs & Traditions
Mayan Religion
European Encounters
100

What year did the Mayan calendar last until?

What is 2012.

100

Who did they think that the kings/rulers were related to?

Who is gods.

100

Who was allowed to drink chocolate milk?

Who were the elite.

100

What did they sacrifice?

What is humans.

100

Who encountered the Mayans first?

Who were the spanish?

200

Where were they located?

Where is Guatemala.

200

What was their government like?

What is monarchy/ kings and holy lords".

200

How did they write the number zero?

What is a shell symbol.

200

What did they do in the temples?

What is worship & rituals.

200

What diseases did the Europeans carry over?

What is smallpox, measles, and the flu.

300

When were they thriving?

When is 200-900 CE.

300

What were they sorted by?

What is social class, wealth and status.

300

What are somethings they were famous for/accomplished?

What are astronomers and mathematicians.

300

Who did they worship?

Who are the sun gods.

300

Before the Europeans came how did the Mayans die off?

What is famine/overpopulation.

400

Where in Guatemala were they located?

What is the rainforests.

400

Other than royal blood what did a king have to be?

What is a proven warrior.

400

What are some of the foods they grew?

What is corn/beans/squash/tomatoes.

400

Other than royals, who was popular to society?

Who were priests?

400

Where are they located today?

Where is Mexico/Belize/El Salvador/Honduras/Guatemala.

500

What part of America were they considered the most advanced civilization?

What is Pre-Columbian America

500

What were the five classes/levels of the Mayan society?

What is ruler, nobles, artisans/merchants, peasants, serfs/slaves.

500

What were the two major systems they created?

What was the number & calendar system.

500

What were the gods names?

Who were Itzamna and K'inich Ahau.

500

When did the spanish arrive?

When is the early 1500s.