Mayans/Mayas

Question 1

location

Answer 1

central america

Question 2

villages

Answer 2

many cities built, centrally administered

Question 3

economy

Answer 3

local and distant trade like tainos

Question 4

dress

Answer 4

decorated body wit neckalces and sacrifictaion

Question 5

leadership

Answer 5

power in the hands of king and royal family, revolutions, royal family kept slaves like artisans
kings controlled militia
when Europeans came..internal revolutions/political turmoil resulted in the end of the mayan civilization

Question 6

government and who was the absolute ruler

Answer 6

absolute ruler- halach uinic was hereditary
civil and/or military offices

tax collectors tax in the form of work

Question 7

religion

Answer 7

like tainos

Question 8

technology/achievements

Answer 8

roads, reservoirs, hieroglyphic writing, didn’t master wheel or the arch

invented lunar calenders..365 days, math as seen on stone building, used concept of zero and placed a value on it