Flashcards: Maya Quiz - Discovery
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on November 2, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Where were the Maya located? |  the Yucatan Peninsula - Southern Mexico, Belize & Guatemala |
| Maya cities in the classic age included: |  large stone pyramids, temples, palace, market, plaza, & ball court |
| What was a City- State? |  a city that owns the region around it. |
| Did the Mayan have any central government? |  no, each city had its own ruler and each city was isolated from each other. They had roads through the forest to lead to each city. |
| What class were the Maya rulers? |  the nobles |
| In the popular Maya ball game, players tried to |  get a rubber ball through a stone ring without using their hands or feet. |
| The lower class |  provided food, goods and labor |
| How were the gods pleased? |  they had human, animal, and crop sacrifices |
| Stelae |  long poles in which glyphs wre inscribed |
| Codex |  The Maya recorded their knowledge in screen-fold books called... |
| glyphs |  a form of picture writing used by Mayans |
| Highest Mayan class |  nobles |
| nobles |  ruled the city, they were related to the gods, lived in palace |
| priest | talked to the gods, were needed to make all decisions, treated sick |
| warriors |  highly respected, protected the city |
| craftsmen |  traders, merchants |
| farmers |  worked in the field, were allowed to see religious festivals, built temples |
| slaves |  worked for nobles, farmed, took care of the children. |
| upper class |  led the religious cermonies |
| Maya cities were linked... |  through a trading network |
| The early Maya lived... |  in isolated villages |
| Cotton & Cacao were grown... |  in the Maya lowlands |
| Jade & Obsidian were found... |  in the Maya highlands |
| What did Pacal have built to record his achievements |  A huge temple |
| Losers of the Maya ball game... |  were sacrificed |
| Lower class Mayans paid their rulers... |  by giving them part of their crops, some of their goods, and by helping to construct public buildings |
| Mayan gods need blood to... |  prevent disasters. |
| Maya built observatories so priest could watch the stars and... |  plan the best times for religious festivals |
| Mayan mathematical achievements included: |  a symbol for zero, an accurate calendar & a number system |
| Mayans created their architecture without... |  wheeled vehicles |
| Maya system of writing had symbols that represented both... |  objects & sounds |
| theories for Maya decline include: (three) |  Increased warfare between city states, Population grew - not enough food, and Serious droughts - lower crop production. |
| To be King / Queen in ancient Maya you must be born into a... |  royal family |
| High ranking group responsible for tracking the movement of stars and making predictions for the King are called the... |  astronomers |
| Largest group of Mayan population... |  commoners / farmers |
| The Maya built their monuments without... |  beasts of burden, metal tools, and the wheel |
| The Maya numbering system is based on multiples of ... |  twenty |
| Mayan temples where found on top of what kind of pyramids? |  step pyramids |
| The Mayans developed two calendars |  One for farming... one for religious events |
| The Maya thought their Kings were related to... |  the gods. |
| Mayan civilization was destroyed by who in the 1500's? |  The Spanish |