WorksheetsMayan Civilization
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
The people of an important Mesoamerican civilization that lasted from about 2000 BCE to 1500 CE
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Yukatan
The region extending from modern Mexico through Central America
Mesoamerica
Olmec
South America
Yucatan
A large Plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces. where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place.
temple
church
Ceremonial Center
Castle
Writing that uses pictures as symbols, in this case, mayan representations to tell a story
art
arabic
story telling
Hieroglyphic
A social structure with layers representing social classes at a different rank
feudalism
Social Pyramid
Social Triangle
Social Diagram
Social order in the Mayan civilization
Ruler / nobles and priests / peasants / merchants and artisans / slaves
Nobles and priests / merchants and artisans / slaves / peasants
Ruler/ nobles and priests / merchants and artisans / peasants / slaves
Merchants and artisans / ruler / nobles and priests / slaves / peasants
a set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony
sacrifice
habit
prayer
Ritual
A gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the Gods
honor symbol
donation
ritual
sacrifice
a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
slash-and-burn techniques
run off
controlled burn
erosion
