Mayan Question

Question 19- How long ago do the earliest Mayan civilizations date back to?

1800 BCE

Question 46- How many different digits did the Mayan counting system have?

19

Question 16-How many days did the Mayan calendar have?

365

Question 32- Around what number was the population of Tikal?

40,000

Question 17-How much was the Mayan calendar off from modern day calendars?

70 seconds

Question 48- The Mayans were very interested with astronomy and the heavens. What did they see the Milky Way as?

A Pathway to the Underworld

Question 39-The Mayans developed a sophisticated calendar and ________ system

Writing

Question 35-Were high ranking captives tortured?

Yes

Question 36-What mathematical quantity did the Mayans discover?

Zero

Question 45- What did the Mayan people do with their dead?

Either buried or cremated

Question 49- What was the ideal facial structure of a normal Mayan?

Flat forehead with a cone shaped head

Question 18- During some religious ceremonies, what kind of drug did they use?

Hallucinogenic Drugs

Question 2- What did the Mayans do before they established agriculture?

Hunting and gathering

Question 27- What is the chief god that rules the heavens in Mayan Mythology called?

Itzammna

Question 11-What language did Mayan speak?

Mayan (ironic right?)

Question 41- Who were the predecessors of the Mayans?

The Olmecs

Question 21- Whats the book of Mayan mythology called?

The Pantheon

Question 47- What peninsula were the Mayans located on?

The Yucatan

Question 3-When did the Mayan civilization start?

The first Mayan settlements date back to around 350 CE

Question 7-What is bloodletting?

The shedding of human blood intentionally

Question 29- Name a type of structure the Mayans built.

pyramids, palaces, and temples

Question 34-What did the Mayans do with captives?

They either sacrificed them or turned them to slaves

Question 40- How did the Mayans organize themselves politically?

They organized themselves into small city kingdoms

Question 8-How did believe humans came to be?

They were created by the Gods with the use of water and maize

Question 42- In what ways do we have evidence of Mayan writing?

Inscriptions on monuments and temples

Question 25- What are the two main gods of Mayan Mythology called?

Itzammna, Cinich Ahau, and Ah Puch

Question 33-What animal was highly respected my the Mayans?

Jaguar

Question 14-What was the Mayan ball game called?

Pitz

Question 5-Where the Mayans polytheistic or monotheistic?

Polytheistic

Question 26- What is the god of death called in Mayan Mythology?

Ah Puch

Question 4-When did the Mayans fall?

Around the late eighth century to early ninth century, the Mayan people abandoned their cities for no reason

Question 37-What did the Mayans use to build their structures?

Burnt Limestone

Question 24- What crop was so valuable that the Mayans used it as money?

Cacao Beans

Question 6-What area did the Mayans posses?

Central America

Question 44- What religion were the Spanish trying to convert the Mayans too?

Christianity

Question 28- What is the sun god called in Mayan Mythology called?

Cinich Ahau

Question 1-What time period did the Mayans exist in?

Common Era/300-900 CE

Question 23- Name a crop that the Mayans grew?

Corn/Maize, Cotton, Cacao

Question 13-In the Mayan ball game, what was the name penalty for loosing?

Death

Question 15-Could the players of the Mayan ball game use their hands?

NO!

Question 30- Whats the Mayan book of mythical narratives?

Popol Vuh

Question 9-How did the Mayans appreciate their gods?(Name one way, there are many)

Prayer, human sacrifice, worship, temples, offerings

Question 38-Name a social class in Mayan society.

Priests, Architects, Peasants, Slaves

Question 12-What were the people that were considered "a bridge between the physical and spiritual world" to the Mayan society?

Shamans

Question 20- What country conquered the Mayans?

Spain

Question 22- What agricultural technique did the Mayans use?

Terracing

Question 10-What was the Mayan's largest city?

Tikal

Question 31- What was the biggest city in the Mayan Civilization?

Tikal

Question 43- Why did the Spanish destroy most of the Mayan books?

To prevent the spread of their religion

Question 50- True or False: Was being cross eyed a sign of beauty to the Mayan people?

True