Geography
What is the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern hemisphere? The Mayans lived in this part of the world.
The equator
arid
In the Mayan myth of creation what were the first people made of?
clay
What is the method of farming where they cut flat areas in the mountains to plant crops.
terraces
What did the priests use to stitch up cuts?
obsidian and hair
What is the name of the peninsula that the Mayans lived on?
Yucatan
The buying and selling of goods and services.
commerce
In the Mayan Myth of creation what were the 2nd people made of?
wood
What did they dig and fill with water to irrigate plots of farm land.
canals
Name 2 of the jobs the priests would do.
astronomer, doctor, conduct religious ceremonies
Name one country that exists today where Mayan ruins can be found.
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize
To become smaller and lesson over time.
dwindle
In the Mayan myth of creation what were the final people made of?
corn
What is the method of farming called where they use fire?
slash and burn
Name a theory of why the Mayans disappeared.
1. epidemic
2. Drought
3. War
4. Chopped down too many trees
5. Trade routes changed
The area of countries between North and South America is know as...
Central America or Meso America
To spread apart in different directions
disperse
The woods people that escaped went to the wood and became what animal?
monkey
What is one item they would they collect in the rainforest?
breadnut, fruit, medicine
How many days were in the sun calendar for the Mayans? It is the same number of days in our yearly calendar.
365 days
What is the name of the fresh water well that Mr. Lam jumped in?
A person who is skilled at making things by hand.
What did the first men have that the gods decided to change since it was better than theirs?
Eye sight
Name an animal that they raised for food?
turkey or dogs
linestone