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Maya Unit -- Darden
May Unit -- Darden
| 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 |
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