Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
6th - Ancient Mayas
6th History - Chapter 8 - Ancient Mayas
| 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 |
Created by:
kbtarheelgirl
Popular History sets