ch. 1 plus body parts and Mayans/guatemala Flashcards
1
Q
ear
A
la oreja
2
Q
forehead
A
la frente
3
Q
eyebrow
A
la ceja
4
Q
eyelash
A
la pestaña
5
Q
tongue
A
la lengua
6
Q
chin
A
la barbilla/ el mentón
7
Q
mustache
A
el bigote
8
Q
sideburn
A
la patilla
9
Q
belize capital
A
belmopan
10
Q
guatemala capital
A
guatemala
11
Q
el salvador capital
A
san salvador
12
Q
honduras capital
A
tegucigalpa
13
Q
nicaragua capital
A
managua
14
Q
costa rica capital
A
san josé
15
Q
panama capital
A
panama
16
Q
the hand
A
la mano
17
Q
the day
A
el día
18
Q
the map
A
el mapa
19
Q
the problem
A
el problema
20
Q
the program
A
el programa
21
Q
what are the natives to guatemala?
A
the mayans
22
Q
significant things about the mayans
A
-calendar
-number system
-20+ dialects
-had good medicene
-did good artwork and pyramids
23
Q
what is the currency of guatemala?
A
-quetzal
-also a bird
-symbolized freedom and liberty
24
Q
describe mayan number system
A
line is 5
dot is one
knew of 0
25
5 mayan cities
-tikal (guatemala)
-copan (honduras)
-chichen itza (mexico)
-tulum (mexico)
-palenque (mexico)
26
miguela asturias
-writer
-won the nobel prize
-born in 1899 in guatemala city
-wrote ḧombres de maiz
-exiled by govt
27
rigoberta menchú
-mayan
-lived during civil war period
-wrote a book about her familyś experience and won nobel prize but it was taken away bc not everything was true
28
why did the mayans leave thier cities?
-many theories
-earthquakes
-famine
29
popol vuh
mayan bible
30
quetzalcoatal
mayan god (kuku kan)
-feathers, snake, bearded
31
what did the mayans think man was made from
corn
32
chac
rain god (mayan)
33
1st capital of mayan
antigua
34
huipil
poncho that you can sometimes tell age or gender from, traditional
35
shilbalba
mayan underworld
36
shaman
mayan priest
37
pot-ta-pok
mayan game
38
tikal
-mayan city in guatemala
-reached peak at 2000 bc
-famous for tall pyramids
39
when did hernan cortez come to guatemala
1521
300 men with horses
