| A | B |
|---|
| year Maya civilization began | 750 A.D. |
| era of history Europe was in at the time of the Maya | Dark ages |
| what is a Tecab? How big was it? | greatest Maya city, size of Manhatten |
| manner that Maya civilizations disappered | deserted |
| are the ancestors of the Maya | Lacston Indians |
| dates for classic Maya period | 250-900 A.D. |
| first discovered and wrote about classic Maya | John Lloyd Steven |
| purpose of great Maya Pyramid | burial chamber |
| why Spanish priest had Maya language translated into Spanish | Diago de Landa |
| why books of Maya burned | converted Mayan still did Pagon riuals |
| other science that Maya math was tied to | astronomy |
| other purpose of Maya pyramids | giant stone calandars + sundials |
| what Maya time machine looked like | 3 wheels |
| Maya thought world would end | Sunday Dec 23, 2012 |
| practices that Maya did that we wouldn't do | human sacrifice |
| what did Giles Healy discover about the Mayas? | they were fierce warriors and they had unrealistic sacrifices |
| people were unwilling to see Maya the way Giles discribed b/c? | people believed they were peaceful |
| hieroglyphics said what? | dates, born-died + reigns of kings and queens |
| Kings ruled the people with? | errogance + distain |
| source of power of the kings? | beliefs, religous |
| doorways of Maya temples represent? | doorway to underworld |
| people thought scrifice of blood brought them? | power, sacrifice to gods |
| purpose of Maya ball game? | losers were sacrificed |
| Christianity made sense to Mayas b/c? | a devine king who shed his blood for his people |
| Maya disappeared into jungle b/c? | belief in the king was lost, over populated,crop loss |
| in all the continents which is the 2nd biggest? | Africa |
| Less that 5% is near equator | Tropical Rain Forest |
| Largest area of Africa is? | African Savannah |
| Dry Steppes | long dry grasslands |
| Major deserts | Sahara, Kalahari, Nambib |
| where are Kalahari and Nambib located | Mediterranean Coastline and Southern tip of Africa |
| Geographic features acted as barries to prevent | easy movement of people and gods |
| people used these to travel between Africa | Rivers |
| People traveled across the what? | Savannah |
| African resources traded in ancient times | salt,iron,gold,copper |
| goods traded in modern day | diamonds,gold,oil |
| who are in the Rift Valley now? | Neolithic farmers |
| what goods dominated trade? | Gold and Salt |
| why is Salt important? | keeps body from perspiring all water, retains body moisture |
| where is 800 A.D. Ghana Located? | Niger and Ghana rivers |
| what kind of history did Ghana have? | oral history |
| what was gold stored in? | feathers |
| what was the Emperor's power rested on? | gold trade/ owned all gold mined |
| what kinds of weapons did Ghana have? | iron tipped spears |
| had high status and held some positions of power | women of Ghana |
