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

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.

Maya architecture tends to integrate a great degree of __________________.

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.

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

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

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

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 _____________.

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.

Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in ___________.

Uxmal is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day _________.

Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of ____________.

Tulum ruins are situated on 12-meter (39 ft) tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the ___________ in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Coba is an ancient Mayan city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of ___________.

Yaxchilan is an ancient Maya city located on the bank of the _________________River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of _________.