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ceremonial act done as part of a religion
What is a ritual?
100
the scientific study of objects and matter outside Earth's surface
What is astronomy?
100
hot, humid weather or destruction by Spanish conquistadors
What is why Mayan books did not survive?
100
what many of Mayan books were made from
What is fig bark?
100
the Mayans worshiped many ______
What are gods?
200
scientists who study past civilizations and their remains
What are archaeologists?
200
spearlike weapons that can be thrown from a distance
What are javelins?
200
drought, disease, war, famine
What are possible causes for the Mayan downfall?
200
the Mayas built beautiful _________ that stretched into the sky
What are palaces?
200
Mayan kings functioned as both
What are priests and warlords?
300
of great importance
What is strategic?
300
people who are related to a person or group of people who lived in the past
What are descendants?
300
countries located today where Mayan civilization was
What are Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Belize
300
__________ were built to track the cycles of the moon, sun, and planets
What are observatories?
300
Calakmul competed with Tikal for
What are land and treasure?
400
a self-governing state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
What is a city-state
400
an association of people or nations who agree to cooperate to achieve a common goal
What is an alliance?
400
the object of the "ball game"
What is to pass a rubber ball through a circle located near the top of the wall on either side of the court?
400
What winners of the "ball game" got
What are riches and a great feast?
400
The Mayan carved a series of hieroglyphs on a
What is a staircase?
500
a form of picture writing
What is hieroglyphs?
500
a place dominated by one group
What is a stronghold?
500
the consequence of losing the "ball game"
What is put to death in a religious ritual?
500
some __________ were used as tombs for high-ranking officials
What are pyramids?
500
loss of trees
What is deforestation?