Question | Answer |
A raw material of chewing gum | chicle |
A square of cotton worn around or over the shoulders | pati |
Book of religious customs and history written by jaguar priests. | Books of Chilam Balaam |
large upright stone monument that honored special events of Mayan culture | stelae |
natural glass that sometimes forms when lava cools quickly | obsidian |
a witch doctor | ahmen |
a hollowed-out stone for grinding | metate |
library of painted Mayan books on history, religion, science, mathematics, astronomy | codices |
"little people" who were believed to guard cornfields | aluxes |
pok-to-pok | ball game which players hit the ball with padded leather elbows, wrists or hips |
milk-colored drink or thin gruel | pozole |
Simple straight cotton dress | huipils |
cotton loincloth | ex |
priests that were prophets | chilams |
priests that performed sacrifices | nacoms |
"True Man" or ruler of a Mayan city-state | Halach Uninic |
Kukulcan | feathered serpent god from the Toltec world |
Slash and burn method of farming | Milpa |
represented "a day" in time | kin |
Mayan word for "merchants" | ppolm |
term for solar calendar | Haab |
term for sacred or ritual calendar | Tzolkin |
Five unlucky days | Uayeb |
In 1502 ____________ landed on the coast of Honduras. | Christopher Columbus |
_________________ are broken into three parts. | The Mayan lands |
T/F - There were no social classes or differences among the people, no temples or public buildings. | True |
T/F - By AD250 to 900, pyramids topped by temples sprang up. Palaces were constructed. | True |
T/F - Maya cities were like Greek city-states, each with its own ruling family separate from others, but related. | True |
Who wrote the book, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico? | Bernal Diaz de Cordoba |
Name the US consul who went to the Yucatan peninsula in 1885 to write about the Maya ruins. | Edward Herbert Thompson |
Name the person who destroyed an entire library of codices or Maya painted books. | Bishop de Landa |
_____________ wore their hair long with braids wrapped around the top of their heads and a ponytail hanging down in the back. | Men |
____________ painted their bodies black and red. | Warriors |
T/F - Tattoos were found only on men. | False |
T/F - Maya valued crossed eyes. | True |
Priests and people who were to be sacrificed were painted what color? | blue |
T/F - The ruling class and elite did not work at everyday chores. | True |
______________ was a favorite hot drink. | Chocolate, from cacao |
T/F - Some large cities had community baths. | True |
What was made from jade, jaguar and crocodile teeth, shells, obsidian, bone, wood and polished stone? | ornaments |
What was filed to sharp points and sometimes filled with pieces of jade? | teeth |
Men ____________ with traps, blowpipes, clay pellets, spears, bows and arrows. | hunted |
Maya ___________________ their children's heads too by flattening the forehead and sloping the back. | reshaped |
T/F - The walls had no windows. | True |
_________________ was made by cutting the heart out of a living being, throwing spears at a painted area on the chest and flinging the victim into a cenote or sacred well. | Human sacrifices |
Name a famous well. | Chichen Itza |
The high ______________ were important and powerful. | priests |
T/F - Only nobles could play pok-to-tock | True |
T/F - Mayans believed everything had a soul. | True |
Who could heal disease or even cause disease? | Ahmen |
Who determined the "right day" for clearing, planting and burning? | Priests |
T/F - Object of war was to capture prisoners--not to kill. | True |
The chief crop was _______________. | maize |
A secret weapon of war is __________________. | nest of hornets |
Maya writing ideas and mathematics most likely came from what neighboring people? | The Olmecs |
T/F - Maya developed a calendar further than any new people and more accurate than any other in their time. | True |
Name the photographer that discovered a three room temple in the jungle of Usumacinta Valley? | Giles Healey |
The famous color is ________________. | Maya blue |
_________ designs were cut deep into the skin and different dyes rubbed into the skin. It was a painful process. | Tatto |
_______________ were large stone carvings of a person, stood 5-12 feet and some reached 30 feet. | Stelae |
________________ was made without a wheel. | Pottery |
T/F- Peasant dwellings were built of wood and mud. | True |
__________________ a key ingredient in Mayan cement. | Lime powder |
T/F - Building projects were done without draft animals, wheeled vehicles and with tools made only of stone. | True |
Based on what we know, pyramids took how many years to build? | 5 years |
By AD950, the cities had been abandoned and people fled to the ________________. | jungle |
In ___________________ remains, there is evidence of poor growth, disease and malnutrition. | skeletal |
"Coatl" means _____________________. | snake |
By AD1000, the Toltec ________________ and _____________ had full control of the Yucatan. | warriors, priests |
Name two or more possible reasons for the sudden and mysterious collapse of Maya society. | drought
earthquake
volcanic eruption
plague
climate change
invasion |