Chapter 14 vocabulary

obsidian

• a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock.

• to fight against authority

• Maya king, he had a temple built in the city of Palenque to record his achievements as a ruler

• a book containing Maya legends and history

Mesoamerica

• a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of northern Central America.

• parts

• corn

• a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock.

Popol Vuh

• a book containing Maya legends and history

• to fight against authority

• corn

• a building used to study astronomy.

Pacal

• Maya king, he had a temple built in the city of Palenque to record his achievements as a ruler

• a book containing Maya legends and history

• a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of northern Central America.

• parts

observatory

• a building used to study astronomy.

• corn

• a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock.

• parts

maize

• corn

• Maya king, he had a temple built in the city of Palenque to record his achievements as a ruler.

• to fight against authority

• parts

aspects

• parts

• a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock.

• a book containing Maya legends and history

• Maya king, he had a temple built in the city of Palenque to record his achievements as a ruler.

rebel

• to fight against authority

• a sharp, glasslike volcanic rock.

• corn

• a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of northern Central America.