The Mayans Flashcards
Mayan: The people were…
Mathemeticians, astronomers, and invented a form of advanced writing.
Mayan: Mayan cities had what kind of structure?
Pyramids
Mayan: They created what?
A calendar.
Mayan: What could they predict?
A suns eclipse
Mayan: What was the myth that they belived?
Popul vuh
Mayan: What is popul vuh?
A myth that people were made from corn and water.
Mayan: They believed what about gods?
That they controlled the agricultural cycle
Mayan: What is bloodletting?
It was a form of “sacrifice” where they pierced a whole and put a rope in it to drip blood out.
Mayan: What kind of rituals did they have?
They shed blood in hopes it would prompts the god for it to rain.
Mayan: Who did they use for bloodletting?
war captives, and royals.
Mayan: What did they force captives to play?
The ball game.
Mayan: What is the ball game?
It was a forced game upon captives that was for their lives, The goal was to get a rubber ball through a ring without hands.
Mayan: What did the mayan numbers consist of?
Dots and shells
Mayan: PRACTICE THE GLYPH DRAWING! (CHILD)
PRACTICE THE GLYPH DRAWING! (CHILD)
How many different images were in the writing?
Over 800.
