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1-100 What did the Maya believe would make the gods happy?

1-100A Human sacrifices

1-200 What did the halach uinic serve as?

1-200A High priest during religious ceremonies

1-300 What were the 3 religious sacrifices?

1-300A Cut heart out 2. Tie to pole and shoot arrows at heart 3. Throw down well

1-400 How many layers were above and below the earth?

1-400A above and 9 below

1-500 How many gods did the Maya worship

1-500A Many

Who were the rulers of the city states?

2-100A Halach uinic

2-200 The halach uinic’s were rulers for how long?

2-200A For life

2-300 When the halach uinic died who became the next ruler?

2-300A His son, brother if no son, or a family member chosen by the council

2-400 What was the Mayan Empire divided into?

2-400A City-states

2-500 What did a typical Mayan city look like?

2-500A The priests in the center with the upper/middle class outside the city center and the peasants on the edges of the city.

Who were the slaves?

3-100A Soldiers captured in battles

3-200 How were goods moved from place to place?

3-200A Human caravans made up of slaves

3-300 What did the caravans travel on?

3-300A Small pathways that criss-crossed the land

3-400 What religious ceremonies were slaves used for?

3-400A Human sacrifices

3-500 How did slaves carry goods across water?

3-500A In large canoes carrying 12 men

What was the largest Mayan city?

4-100A Tikal

4-200 Who lived in the center of the city state?

4-200A Rulers and priests

4-300 Who lived just outside the city center?

4-300A Upper and middle classes

4-400 What did the peasants live in and where did they live?

4-400A In huts on the edge of the city state

4-500 What buildings are found in the city’s center?

4-500A Pyramids, temples, open plazas, palaces, and ball courts

Give 4 characteristics of the Mayan people.

5-100A Short, straight, dark hair, tattoos, body painted black, red, or blue

5-200 Why were boards tied to infants foreheads?

5-200A They wanted infants to have crossed eyes and flat foreheads

5-300 What did the Maya eat?

5-300A They ate mostly fish until they learned to plant crops

5-400 What are the 3 Mayan eras?

5-400A Pre-classic 2. Classic 3. Post-classic

5-500 What is the Great Mayan Mystery?

5-500A Nobody really knows what happened to the Maya

Where were the Mayan civilization located?

6-100A Southern Mexico and Central America

6-200 The Mayan Empire was located on what peninsula?

6-200A Yucatan Peninsula

6-300 The Mayan civilizations were located in which Central American countries?

6-300A Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala

6-400 The Mayan Empire stretched to what sea in the east?

6-400A Caribbean Sea

6-500 What gulf did the Mayan Empire stretch to in the west?

6-500A Gulf of Mexico

Name the trading system the Mayas used and 3 things they traded with.

The Barter System they used cacao beans, fruits, vegetables, salt, honey, dried fish, turtle eggs, cotton cloth, animal skins, shells, gold, emeralds, jade, and other valuable stones

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