The Mayans Flashcards
What does Mesoamerican mean?
It is a Greek word that means “Middle American”.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
This separates the Gulf of Mexico Down Through the Caribbean Sea encompassing 3 Mexican States, plus Portions of Belize and Guatemala.
Who were the Mayans?
The Mayans were Mesoamericans and they lived on the Yucatan Peninsula and the central isthmus.
What are surplus food?
This is when you have enough food to were you can trade.
What did the Mayans call there plot where they grew there surplus food.
They called them milpas.
What is the Classic Period?
This is when the Mayans produced enough of the surplus of this food they made on the milpas that began to develop their civilizsation.
Describe the political organization of the Mayans?
They had a small city Ruled by the Halach uinic ( real man)Which was absolute hereditary office. The villages were each ruled by Batab (was responsible to Halach uinic. They were divided into farmers, artisans and merchants the low class were slaves
How many gods did the Mayans have?
They had 166 gods
Name some of their gods and what they were for?
Hunab Ku: The Chief god Kinich Ahau: the sun god Chac: Rain god Yum Kax: the Corn god ah Kinchile: the Earth god
Who is the Ahkin?
This is what they call their preist
What was the name of their favorite game?
it was called Pok a Tok
What happens when you lose the game?
They will be sacrificed.
what did they used as writing and what did they write it on?
They rote using hieroglyphic scripts and they were written on stelae, pottery and ornaments.
Who destroyed Mayan literature?
The Spaniards destroyed it like pagans.
what signs mean 0,1,5
1=.
5=…..
0= a shell
