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Maya Civilization
Question | Answer |
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Maya Civilization | a great civilization (about 2000 BCE to 1500 CE); included present-day southern Mexico and large portions of Central America |
Slash-and-burn agriculture | a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops |
Maize | a type of corn first grown in Mesoamerica |
Glyphs | written language with pictures used as symbols |
Alliance | an agreement between two or more peoples to work together |
City-states | a political system consisting of an independent city and the surrounding area |
Ceremonial Centers | a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place |
Ritual | a set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony |
Sacrifice | a gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the gods |
Divine | related to or coming from a god or gods |
Mesoamerica | the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America |
Achievement | a thing done successfully |
Remarkable | worthy of attention |
Overpopulation | the condition of being populated with excessively large numbers (EX: having too many people) |
Dialect | a version of a language which is specific to a region or social group |
Scale | how big something is |
Genius | how smart of an idea something is |
Effort | how much thought, planning, strength it took to make something |
Significance | how important something is or the impact something had |