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Module13 lesson5
Question | Answer |
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What were the social classes of the Mayans? | The top of the social class structure was made up of the best warriors and priests, the middle group of the social class was made up of merchants and craft workers, and the bottom class were peasant farmers. |
How many calendars the Mayans had? and what days and months it had on it? | They developed two calendars; a religious calendar that had 13 twenty day months and the other calendar was based on the sun which had 18 months consisting of 20 days each. |
What is one possible reason the Mayans decline? | Overuse of natural resources. The soil became less productive due to intensive farming over a long time. |
What were the writing style of the Mayans? | Maya writing was made up of about 800 symbols, or glyphs and used their writing system to record important historical events. |
What is one thing the Mayans did for their god kings? | The Mayans sometimes cut themselves to offer their blood to the gods in sacrifice. Sometimes they killed enemies and sacrificed them. |