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Study Guide Questions
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1.
When were the ruins of ancient cities found in the jungles of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Yucatán?
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2.
Who made the discoveries referred to in #1 (above)?
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3.
Who made drawings of the sites referred to in #1 (above)?
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4.
The cities referred to in #1 (above) were built by whose ancestors?
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5.
Mayan civilization was based on a(n) __________________________ system developed thousands of years before their rise.
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6.
Nearly 3,000 years ago, an elite class of ____________________________ and ___________________emerged in the humid Gulf Coast region.
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7.
What people invented the systems of writing and mathematics adopted by the Mayas?
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8.
When did settlements begin to grow in size and complexity?
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9.
What connected Mayan villages with other developing centers of civilization?
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10.
When did Mayan civilization reach its artistic and intellectual height?
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11.
Lowland Mayan monuments were inscribed with dates based on ______________________________.
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12.
Mayas measured time in terms of __________________________________ calendars.
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13.
There was a ceremonial cycle of ________________ days and a solar year of ______________ days.
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14.
In most cases, a complete calendar "round" consisted of ____________________________.
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15.
What city influenced the Mayan region between the first and seventh centuries AD?
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16.
When did Mayan civilization reach its zenith?
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17.
When were many lowland Mayan cities abandoned?
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18.
There are ruins of classic Mayan cities from _________________________________ to _________________________________.
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19.
A Mayan ruin in ________________________, Guatemala, had six tall temple pyramids and an estimated population of 50,000.
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20.
Coba means "__________________________________________."
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21.
The Coba settlement is scattered over how many square miles?
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22.
The tall, steep pyramids at Coba served as ____________________________________________.
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23.
El Castillo rises how many feet above the forest canopy?
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24.
What does the coastal location of Tulum reflect?
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25.
By the time that the settlement at Tulum was built, most classic Mayan villages had already been in ruins for hundreds of years. True or false?
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26.
What is Palenque?
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27.
What dominates the palace at Palenque?
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28.
What are distinctive elements of classic Mayan architecture?
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29.
The palace at Palenque is built around a(n) ________________________.
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30.
The palace at Palenque features portraits of prisoners in postures of ___________________________.
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31.
When did Lord Pacal die? With what was he buried?
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32.
What does Lord Pacal's death mask symbolize?
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33.
Murals at what place offer insights about life and warfare during the late classical Mayan period?
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34.
The murals referred to in #33 (above) tell about what?
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35.
The murals referred to in #33 (above) date to when?
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36.
What was the most westerly of the important Mayan cities?
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37.
Of what were temples in Comalcalco built? Why?
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38.
Mortar for the temples at Comalcalco was made from what?
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39.
What is the tropical plant that yields chocolate?
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40.
What are the low, stony hills that lie northward on the Yucatán Peninsula?
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41.
What was constructed to store rain water in the region referred to in #40 (above)?
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42.
Puuc buildings are faced with thin slabs of _____________________________.
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43.
Many buildings in the Puuc region feature the hooked nose of _______________________, a(n)________________________ god.
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44.
The palace at __________________________ shimmers like gold in the evening.
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45.
An elaborately decorated archway can be seen at ________________________.
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46.
What is the largest of the Puuc sites?
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47.
The most splendid buildings of the city named in #46 (above) date from when?
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48.
Uxmal is dominated by what?
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49.
The "Nunnery" at Uxmal was probably what, in reality?
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50.
What motif seen on buildings at Uxmal suggests contact with central Mexico?
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51.
What is Uxmal's finest structure?
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52.
What guards the structure named in # 51 (above)?
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53.
Some possible reasons for the downfall of classical Mayan cities in the tropical lowlands are:
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54.
What people invaded the Mayan territory during the late 10th Century?
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55.
Where is the story of the Toltec victory over the Yucatán Mayas carved in stone?
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56.
How did the Toltec invaders arrive at Chichén Itzá?
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57.
What happened to the defeated Mayan leaders?
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58.
What is the earliest known round structure in the Yucatán?
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59.
For what was the Caracol probably used?
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60.
What was the name of the central Mexican feathered serpent god?
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61.
What is Quetzalcoatl called in the Yucatán?
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62.
Where was the Toltec capital?
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63.
What is the "Well of Sacrifice" at Chichén Itzá?
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64.
Cenotes were thought to be the homes of the ______________________________________.
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65.
When did the Toltecs abandon Chichén Itzá?
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