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6th History - Chapter 8 - Ancient Mayas

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