mayas worksheet maya magazines. 1. mexico, guatemala, central and south america 800 ad
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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