| A | B |
|---|
| Maya civilization spanned | a period of 3,000 years |
| Maya were where? | Southern Mexico and Central America |
| Maya time span (from -- to --) | from 2000 BC to 900 AD |
| a major Maya city | Tikal |
| population of Tikal | about 50,000 |
| Maya stone temples | 2 in Tikal, lots of steps, and very tall |
| artifacts | items from the past that archaeologists study |
| 3 ways knowledge of environment helped Maya | built terraces, built raised islands, and moved from place to place |
| main Maya source of food | corn |
| Maya wrote a large number of --- | books |
| Maya invented the idea of -- which helped to keep their calendar accurate | zero |
| Maya were one of the first in the W. Hemisphere to develop --- | writing |
| Maya used --- that stood for --- and --- in place of written words | symbols - pictures - sounds |
| What happened to the Maya? | wars with enemies/neighbors and food shortages, |
| new evidence of the Maya reveals | they carried out human sacrifice |
