Mayas Worksheet

Maya Magazines

1.

• Mexico, Guatemala, Central and South America

• 800 AD

2.

• 7,000

• Caves, Rock Shelters, Open Camps

3.

• Straight Black Hair

• High Cheekbones

• Oriental Eyes

• Elongated Skulls

4.

• Rich and Poor

• Crafts people, farmers, religious people, political leaders

5.

• Pok-to-Tok

• Clothing, glory, gifts from the losing team

6.

• Hieroglyphs

• Many aspects of their life

7.

• Long court

• Accurate calendar

8.

• (0) – shell

• (1) – dot

• (5) – bar

9.

• Crop rotation

• Used canals and waterways to water crops

• Planted new seeds to grow crops

10.

• A place where great riches were supposed to be found

11.

• Small pox

• Measles

• Influenza

• natural defenses

12.

• Diseases

• Spanish conquistadors

13.

• Recorded details about the Mayas

• Figures, drawings, symbols

14.

• 1,000 years to discover the Maya civilization

• Took an 8 year old 8 hours to read a Mayan tablet – took a scholar 5 years

• 1952 Yuri Knorosov some glyphs stood for sounds and not just words

15.

• Rural areas, in Mexico and Guatemala, Belize

• Destroy the Maya culture