Jeopardy

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Religion
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Government
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Slaves
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City Structure
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The Mayan People
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Location
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Religion
Government
Slaves
Location
The Mayan People
City Structure
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1 - 100
What did the Maya believe would make the gods
happy?
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1 - 100
Human sacrifices
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1-200
What did the halach uinic serve as?
200
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1-200A
1 - 100
High priest during religious ceremonies
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1-300
What were the 3 religious sacrifices?
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1-300A
1 - 100
1. Cut heart out 2. Tie to pole and shoot arrows
at heart 3. Throw down well
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1-400
How many layers were above and below the earth?
400
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1-400A
1 - 100
13 above and 9 below
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1-500
How many gods did the Maya worship
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1-500A
1 - 100
Many
500
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1 - 100
Who were the rulers of the city states?
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2-100A
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Halach uinic
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2-200
The halach uinics were rulers for how long?
200
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2-200A
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For life
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2-300
When the halach uinic died who became the next
ruler?
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2-300A
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His son, brother if no son, or a family member
chosen by the council
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2-400
What was the Mayan Empire divided into?
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City-states
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What did a typical Mayan city look like?
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2-500A
1 - 100
The priests in the center with the upper/middle
class outside the city center and the peasants on
the edges of the city.
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3-100
1 - 100
Who were the slaves?
100
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3-100A
1 - 100
Soldiers captured in battles
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3-200
How were goods moved from place to place?
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3-200A
1 - 100
Human caravans made up of slaves
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3-300
What did the caravans travel on?
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3-300A
Small pathways that criss-crossed the land
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300
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3-400
What religious ceremonies were slaves used for?
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3-400A
1 - 100
Human sacrifices
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3-500
How did slaves carry goods across water?
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3-500A
1 - 100
In large canoes carrying 12 men
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1 - 100
What was the largest Mayan city?
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4-100A
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Tikal
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4-200
Who lived in the center of the city state?
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4-200A
1 - 100
Rulers and priests
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4-300
Who lived just outside the city center?
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4-300A
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Upper and middle classes
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4-400
What did the peasants live in and where did they
live?
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4-400A
1 - 100
In huts on the edge of the city state
400
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4-500
What buildings are found in the citys center?
500
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4-500A
Pyramids, temples, open plazas, palaces, and ball
courts
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500
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5-100
1 - 100
Give 4 characteristics of the Mayan people.
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5-100A
Short, straight, dark hair, tattoos, body painted
black, red, or blue
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5-200
Why were boards tied to infants foreheads?
200
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5-200A
They wanted infants to have crossed eyes and flat
foreheads
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200
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5-300
What did the Maya eat?
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5-300A
They ate mostly fish until they learned to plant
crops
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300
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5-400
What are the 3 Mayan eras?
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5-400A
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1. Pre-classic 2. Classic 3. Post-classic
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What is the Great Mayan Mystery?
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5-500A
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Nobody really knows what happened to the Maya
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Where were the Mayan civilization located?
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6-100A
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Southern Mexico and Central America
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6-200
The Mayan Empire was located on what peninsula?
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6-200A
1 - 100
Yucatan Peninsula
200
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6-300
The Mayan civilizations were located in which
Central American countries?
300
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6-300A
1 - 100
Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala
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6-400
The Mayan Empire stretched to what sea in the
east?
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6-400A
1 - 100
Caribbean Sea
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6-500
What gulf did the Mayan Empire stretch to in the
west?
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6-500A
1 - 100
Gulf of Mexico
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Final Jeopardy
Category
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Name the trading system the Mayas used and 3
things they traded with.
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Contestants Please put down your writing tools
and wait for further instructions.
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The Barter System they used cacao beans, fruits,
vegetables, salt, honey, dried fish, turtle eggs,
cotton cloth, animal skins, shells, gold,
emeralds, jade, and other valuable stones
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That's all for today. Good luck on your test!
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