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 |