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Gods hundreds thousands polities telescopes Spanish Yucatan codex

stelae step pyramids sounds cultures stars military conquest pleiades

The Maya were an ancient civilization located in and around the _________________

Peninsula. Their culture came ________________ of years before the Aztec civilization.

The Maya were ruled by a collection of city-states, or _________________. Giant buildings

called _______________ dominated the cities. Each city-state tried to gain more influence

through __________________________. We consider the Maya a single civilization

because they shared very similar ____________________.

Maya writing is made of symbols that represent ______________________. They had

________________ of symbols that they used to write words. We have learned much about

the Maya from their writing, which has been found on stone, wood, pottery, and in a type of

book called a ______________________. Stone columns, called ________________, are

covered in writing that traces the histories of families and wars.

To better understand their _________________________, the Maya made many

scientific and technological advances. They made detailed charts of the ____________ in

the sky, without using ______________________________! A key constellation was the

_____________________________ cluster, which they considered to be the home of their

ancestors.

The _____________________ finished conquering all of the Mayan polities by the 17th

century, but people of Mayan descent still live in the same region of the world today.

Answer 1

The Maya were an ancient civilization located in and around the Yucatan Peninsula. Their culture came thousands of years before the Aztec civilization. The Maya were ruled by a collection of city-states, or polities. Giant buildings called step pyramids dominated the cities. Each city-state tried to gain more influence through military conquest. We consider the Maya a single civilization because they shared very similar cultures. Maya writing is made of symbols that represent sounds. They had hundreds of symbols that they used to write words. We have learned much about the Maya from their writing, which has been found on stone, wood, pottery, and in a type of book called a codex. Stone columns, called stelae, are covered in writing that traces the histories of families and wars.To better understand their­­­­­­­­ Gods, the Maya made many scientific and technological advances. They made detailed charts of the stars in the sky, without using telescopes! A key constellation was the pleiades cluster, which they considered to be the home of their ancestors. The Spanish finished conquering all of the Mayan polities by the 17th century, but people of Mayan descent still live in the same region of the world today.