THE MAYAS

2. A pyramid and temple built to the Maya god Kukulkan. It is around 98 feet tall.
4. _______________ were a part of the second lowest class in the Maya social pyramid.
6. _______________ were a part of the lowest class in the Maya social pyramid.
11. This deity is a terrifying god of death and decay. He has been portrayed as a veritable decomposing skeleton or zombie
12. Term used to describe the southern part of the Maya civilization.
13. Period in Maya history lasting from 900 - 1500 CE.
15. The two sources which we have for the creation stories of the Maya are the ______________ _______________ and the _______________ ___________________
17. The Maya King in each City State was called the ____________ ____________.
18. This Maya God is often depicted as a squinty-eyed, long-nosed old man or sometimes even an iguana.
19. A group of people who existed before the Maya.

1. This Maya city was large and had thousands of structures including six large pyramids.
3. The Maya hung a piece of thread from an infant's forehead with a stone or ball of resin, so that they would develop ___________ ______________
5. Term used to describe the Northern part of the Maya civilization.
7. This Maya God is typically portrayed as rising or being born in the East and aging as the sun sets.
8. The King's Council was known as the ________________.
9. The Maya priests were known as _______________.
10. The Maya legend of the Hero Twins entails the adventures of two brothers, _________________ and _________________.
14. One of the first large city-states of the Maya civilization.
15. This Maya God is both part human and part reptile and he is usually shown with a lightning bolt, a serpent, or an axe.
16. Maya smiles were defined by ______________ _________________