Maya Architecture and Art

Maya people utilized geometric proportions and very complicated or detailed carving to build everything from simple houses to ornate ________.

• castles

• temples

• buildings

• roads

The temples like the ones at Palenque, Tikal, and Uxmal represent a culmination of Maya ________and ____________.

• art /architecture

• religion/astronomy

• philosophy/poetry

Through the observation of numerous elements and stylistic distinctions, remnants of Maya architecture have become an important key to understanding their ______ and ________ as a whole.

• knowledge/thoughts

• art/philosophy

• religious beliefs/culture

Maya architecture tends to integrate a great degree of __________________.

• social events

• natural features

• religious ceremonies

Depending on the location and availability of natural resources such as freshwater springs, _______ and ________, cities grew by connecting large plazas that formed the structure for almost all Mayan buildings.

• waterfalls/cenotes

• lakes/oceans

• rivers/streams

A ________ is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.

• cavern

• waterfall

• cenote

The Mesoamerican ____________ was a _____with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE by the pre-Columbian people of Ancient Mesoamerica.

• ballgame/sport

• sacrifice/religious

• religious/sacrifice

At the heart of the Maya city existed the large plazas surrounded by their most valued ________ and _________ buildings such as the royal acropolis.

• commercial/habitational

• governmental/religious

• markets/sports

The Temple of the Inscriptions is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day state of _____________.

• Chiapas, Mexico

• Yucatan, Mexico

• Tabasco, Mexico

• Oaxaca, Mexico

El Castillo known as the Temple of Kukulcán is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the ____________ archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

• Chichen Itza

• Tikal

• Palenque

• Uxmal