According to Doc A: From where did the Mayans get their salt? How?
According to Doc A: From where did the Mayans get their salt? How?
The main focus of the Mini-Q about the Maya civilization is:
Fill in the blank: The Maya flourished over a thousand years ago in the ____ of _____.
What region has been the Mayan home for 3,000 years?
What agricultural practice did the Maya use, according to the DBQ?
What is one of the most important rituals mentioned in the text?
What are the four criteria for judging Mayan accomplishments in the DBQ?
Which modern-day countries were part of the Mayan Empire?
Where was Mayan civilization located?
The Maya were organized politically as:
The Maya used various rituals to please their gods. Which of the following did they use?
What are theories about why the Maya abandoned their cities around 900 CE?
Mayan culture still exists as evidenced by ...
Mesoamerica is defined as:
Define the term: slash-and-burn agriculture
Define the term: classic (as it is used in the Maya DBQ)
City-states are defined as:
Armed with their ability to read ancient ____, historians are bringing Maya history to life.
According to Doc A: From where did the Mayans get their salt? How?
Figuring to the nearest 100 miles, how far would cotton goods have to travel to get from Tulum to Bonampak? How much of this journey would be by sea? By land?
What would the people of Copán trade with the people of El Mirador?
How would the trade shown on this map improve life for people across the Mayan region?
Using two measuring sticks – scale, genius, physical effort and significance – what is remarkable about the Mayan trade network.
A pre-industrial culture is characterized by: (Pick Two)
What was the estimated population of ancient Copán? Of ancient Tikal?
What does the ability to build great buildings out of stone tell us about Mayan political power?
"Masonry architecture required central organization, craft specialization, and political power to command a large workforce..." This evidence best supports what idea?
Judging from Document B, what was remarkable about Mayan architecture?
The Mayan number system was based on the number ____.
The Maya used a specific symbol for zero, and different symbols for one and five. What were these symbols?
Why is it important to have a symbol for zero?
What number is this?
What measuring sticks best justify that the Mayan number system was remarkable?
What probably explains why the Maya used 20-day segments in their ritual calendar and 20-day months in their solar calendar?
The names of the three Mayan calendars were:
Which calendar was used to keep track of religious days?
Which calendar would have been most useful in predicting the beginning of rainy seasons?
The Maya's development of their calendar was remarkable due to its use of at least one measuring stick. Which of the following was a key aspect of their calendar?
Choose one Maya achievement to write about. Argue why the achievement was truly remarkable as evidenced by its scale, effort, genius and/or significance. Follow the CBEE format: Claim, Background, Evidence& Explanation, Additional Evidence & Elaboration, Closing. (Citation)