| Question |
Answer |
| What is the Mayan area called today? |
Mexico and Central America |
| The Mayas developed what mathematical concept? |
Zero |
| What did the Mayas use cocoa beans for? |
Hot Chocolate, money |
| What was the name of the priest that tried to convert the Mayas writing into Spanish? |
Diego de Landa |
| Who left a six-foot stone sculpture (of their kings heads) that archeologists found? |
Olmec |
| What did the Mayas make paper out of? |
long strips of bark from fig trees |
| What was the name of the game that the mayas played where they padded thir wrist, elbows, and hips and tried to hit a small rubber ball through a hoop? |
pok-to-pok |
| The Mayan king was known as? |
Makina- great sun lord |
| What was the name of he drink that the Mayas made of corn paste, water, and honey? |
pazole |
| Besides cocoa beans what else was very important to the Mayas? |
Most people wore simple cotton cloths. The men wore tunics and breech-cloths, sometimes with a short cape. The women wore straight, plain dresses or wroparound skirts and long blouses. Both men and women wore a lot of jewelry: earings, rings, armbands-NQC |
| sometimes used as sacrifices |
slaves |
| great sun lord |
king or "makina" |
| told fortunes |
priests |
| constructed monuments |
peasants |
| chief of the army |
nobles |
| lived in palaces |
kings |
| debtors |
slaves |
| taught writing, astronomy, and mathematics |
priests |
| lived in small wooden houses |
peasants |
| spoke to gods on behalf of the people |
kings
|
| treated sicknesses |
priests |
| artists and architects |
nobles |
| criminals |
slaves |
| farmers |
peasants |
| absolute authority |
kings |
| educated women |
nobles |
| true man, "halach uinic" |
kings |
| produced fabric |
peasants |
| lived near the center of the city |
nobles |
| wore headdresses with quetzal plumes |
kings |
| How did the Mayas dress and how did they look? |
(blank) |
| How does the Mayas belief of beauty differ from our belief today? |
(blank) |
| How did the Mayas value cocoa beans and how do we today value it? |
(blank) |
| * The Mayan land contained (type of topography)...? |
rainforests, mountains, plateaus, lowlands |
| * Natural resources of the Mayas included... |
cotton, rubber, bananas, cocoa |
| * Mayas made great advances in... |
art, literature, architecture |
| * Mayan activities included... |
playing games, writing books, composing music, studying stars |
| * What did the Mayas base their calendars on? |
the cycles of the sun and moon |
| * The Mayan books in existence today describe... |
the planet Venus, solar eclipses |
| * Some possible reans for the Mayas' flight from their cities include... |
famine, war, rebellion against religious requirements |
| soldiers, farm workers, and laborers |
peasants |
| * What place in the cities were centers for trade, celebrations, and slave trade? |
plazas |
| * The whole Mayan culture was dominated by... |
religion |
| the only people to play pok-to-pok |
nobles |
Biology Lab Midterm
