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May Unit -- Darden

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