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Worksheet time: 38mins
The ballgame that Mayas watched for entertainment was also
A sacred ritual
A game everyone played
a test of intellect
the way new kings were picked
True or False: The Maya were united under a single government ?
True
False
The Maya
had a system of writing like hieroglyphics that represented sounds and also had a system for numbers
spoke Nahuatl
spoke Quechua
built chinampas on Lake Texcoco
The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.
True
False
In the Maya culture, priests were
not that important
the second to lowest class of society, above serfs
equal to farmers because there were so many of them
ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors
The Maya priests were supposed to
decide when to plant crops
decide when people could marry
conducted important religious rituals and ceremonies
all of the above
Which shows the correct Maya class system?
King, priests & warriors, merchants & craftspeople, farmers & slaves
Kings, priests, warriors, then farmers
Kings, warriors, priests & merchants, farmers
Kings, priests, farmers, slaves
Who made up the majority of the population in the Maya society?
Priests
Warriors
Craftsmen
Farmers
Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?
They built a pyramid
They played a complicated ball game
They created a 365 day calendar
all of the above
Most Maya scribes recorded their people's history in a folded book made of tree bark called
a glyph
a book
a stelae
a codex
What was constant areas in the lowlands of mesoamerica?
was a jungle
had volcanos
Dry YUC PENIN= most of northern part
Forests= most of souther part
Mesoamerica =
A region extending from central Mexico into northern Central America
A region extending from northern Central America into Mexico
Somewhere in the middle
located on the yucatan peninsula
Which tribes inhabited Mesoamerica?
Olmecs
Zapotecs
Toltecs
Maya's
What was similar about the highlands and lowlands?
Both were mostly inhabited by jungle
both were green
both had mountains
FAT
What farming technique did the Mayans use?
Slash and burn
burn and slash
Egypt's farming system
todays farming systems
Slash and burn =
Farmers cleared small plots of land by cutting down the forest and burning the felled trees and plants to use a fertilizer
Cut and burn crops
Burn and cut crops
Burn crops
Mayans planted
beans
corn
tomatoes
fruits
peppers
Who re-founded the Mayan Civilization?
John L. Stephens
George w. bush
Mansa Musa
Frederick Catherwood
What 3 periods did the Mayans go through?
pre-classic period
classic period
golden period
post classic
How long did the pre classic period last?
1800 B.C to A.D 250
A.D 250 to A.D 900
1700 B.C to A.D 210
2018-2019
How long did the Classic period last?
250 to 900
1000 to 800
1500 to 700
200 to 900
When did the Mayan civilization fall into ruin?
750 to 800
750 to 790
800 to 900
850 to 900
Drought =
YOU DIE!
A period of time where there is no water and its dry
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
A prolonged period of little or no rainfall
WHEN DID IT END?
LASTED 900 TO 1520
LASTED 980 TO 1510
LASTED 950 TO 1500
9 to 15
What were the villages run by?
Chiefs
Kings
Emperors
Priests
During classic period who ruled?
kings
god kings
emperors
chiefs
What were the 3 social classes of the Maya civilization?
Commoners
Nobles
Middle class
Kings
What consisted in the Noble class?
Kings, and top officials
Emperors
priests
What made up the commoners section?
Farmers
Artists
warriors
people
What made up the middle class?
soldiers
scribes
artists
minor officials
What men do for a living, and what did women do for a living?
Served for a living
Worked in fields, hunted, and maintained the village buildings.
Hunted
Raised children, tended gardens and livestock, and prepared foods.
extended family =
Grouping of several related families that lived together
Grouping family members together from other families
Grouping generations of family members together
Group people together
What were 2 ways of trading in the maya civilization?
by Land
by underground
by Sea
by air
What did sea traders trade to the Maya?
salt, dried fish
stingrays, pearls
squid, shark
shells, stone, red beans
What did Mayans use for currency?
Red Beans
Shell Beads
Feathers
Black Beans
What was a ball game?
The ball game was a game with courts with sloping sides with a hoop on each end of them. To score a point you had to hit the the ball with your hips, thigh, and upper arms and get it into the hoop. Losers, there heads would be chopped off.
The ball was a game with a rectangle playing space. there were boundaries and there were goals on each side. You would hit a ball with your feet, ankles, or head and hit the ball into your opponents goal. Losers, would be killed
The ball game was a ritual, and if the towns team won what would that mean? Or if the team lost?
If the team won it showed that the king would please the gods and showed great fortune, if they lost it showed that the king wouldn't please the gods and showed bad fortune
If the team won it would tell them that the town pleased the gods and would give there city good luck, if the town lost it would tell them that the town didn't please the gods and would give there city bad luck
Who would the king normally pas down his job to?
Son
Daughter
Noble
Priest
How did kings support nobles? How important were nobles to kings?
Used their power and wealth, Nobles were important to kings for guidance.
They used their wealth, and they were important because they helped them with everything.
Used there gold and currency, they were important because they helped with laws.
How did Mayan rulers increase their power and prestigue?
Warfare
farming
taking captives
helping city state
sphere of influence =
A really strong form of government
strongly influenced government, that is mostly run by kings and nobles
An area that is strongly influenced or dominated by a particular ruler or government- Tikal used this
STRONG
Alliance =
An agreement between 2 or more people or states to work together or join forces
An agreement between people or states to cooperate to achieve a common goal.
An agreement between people or states to cooperate or join together to achieve peace
What rituals did the Mayans do?
Offering blood to gods, human sacrifice(children, prisoners, slaves),Remove heart from human body.
Human sacrifice, drowning people, blessing people.
What was included in Mayan Festivals?
Rituals, Dancing, Music, Story telling, Costumes, Ritual dances,
RItuals, plays, food, music, singers, eating challanges
Elite =
A major role or person in mayan society
I higher ranking person in Mayans
Saiyan Elite over 9000
A small group of highly privileged or skilled people
hieroglyph =
Egyptian writing
False language
A symbol that stands forward; idea, or sound
Symbols for writing, image writing
How many individual hieroglyphs did the Mayans make?
700
800
1000
400
codex =
Itza book
An ancient book that was written by hand
An ancient scroll to keep writing in it
Ancient novel of Mayan history
Who was Pacal?
A King
A Mayan king who expanded the size and power of the city
A Mayan king
A king who ruled through 615 A.D. and 683 A.D., he expanded the city's size and power.
Who was 18 Rabbit?
Just a King
A king who ruled Copan, he brought together Artists and architects to a temple.
A king who ruled Copan at its height, said to have brought greatest artists and architects to build temples.
What 3 calendars did the Mayans have?
Solar calendar lasted 365 days
Ritual calendar that lasted 260 days
Long count, began in 3114, and is a scale of 2 million days
End count calendar, lasted a life time, counted until the end of the world.
What did Mayans know about math?
New the concept of zero
Knew how to use numbers a shell=0 a line=5
there numbers were flexible enough to use division and multiplication
How did Mayans build their temples, pyramids, etc?
Aliens
Man made
Animal labor
Slave labor
How did the Mayans connect there city's?
Rodes
paved rodes
dirt rodes
streams
What colors were there temples?
Yellow, green, red
Yellow, blue, orange
black, grey, green
What did artists in Mesoamerica make?
Carved kings, gods, jaguars, and other figures on walls
painted temples
painted murals
created pottery
crafted jewelry with jade and pearls
Stela =
A carved stone slab or pillar usually created to celebrate an event or a person.
A pillar or slab that was carved into. Storys were carved into it and morals
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