Mayan & Olmec Civilizations

Agricultural crops of Mesoamerica

• Maize, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
• astronomy, ceremonies, rulers, the Mayan calendar
• bark or jaguar skin
• calendar, religion, the ball game
• polytheistic

Flat Terraces

• Flat landforms created for efficient farming.
• Maize, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
• astronomy, ceremonies, rulers, the Mayan calendar
• bark or jaguar skin
• calendar, religion, the ball game

How many symbols were in Mayan hieroglyphics?

• 800
• Flat landforms created for efficient farming.
• Maize, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
• astronomy, ceremonies, rulers, the Mayan calendar
• bark or jaguar skin

Mesoamerica

• Middle America; Region including southern Mexico and Central America.
• 800
• Flat landforms created for efficient farming.
• Maize, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
• astronomy, ceremonies, rulers, the Mayan calendar

Codex

• Book for recording historical events in Mesoamerica.
• Middle America; Region including southern Mexico and Central America.
• 800
• Flat landforms created for efficient farming.
• Maize, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes

Olmec Civilization

• Oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200-400 BCE).
• Book for recording historical events in Mesoamerica.
• Middle America; Region including southern Mexico and Central America.
• 800
• Flat landforms created for efficient farming.

The Ball Game

• Game played without hands or feet, using hips.
• Oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200-400 BCE).
• Book for recording historical events in Mesoamerica.
• Middle America; Region including southern Mexico and Central America.
• 800

Mayan Calendar

• Complex calendar tracking movements of the planets.
• Game played without hands or feet, using hips.
• Oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200-400 BCE).
• Book for recording historical events in Mesoamerica.
• Middle America; Region including southern Mexico and Central America.

Hun Hunahpu

• Maize god worshiped by the Maya.
• Complex calendar tracking movements of the planets.
• Game played without hands or feet, using hips.
• Oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200-400 BCE).
• Book for recording historical events in Mesoamerica.

Who made up the Mayan social structure?

• Social structure: Kings, Nobles, Merchants, Artisans, Commoners, Peasants, Enslaved.
• Maize god worshiped by the Maya.
• Complex calendar tracking movements of the planets.
• Game played without hands or feet, using hips.
• Oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200-400 BCE).