Across
- 5. Areas where the earth has collapsed- they connected the Maya with a system of underground rivers.
- 7. Human______ was one of ways that the Mayans would please the gods.
- 9. A political agreement between people or states to work together.
- 11. The Mayan civilization was divided into ___-___.
- 14. The Maya believed that they control,ed everything that happened on Earth.
- 15. These symbols represented a sound, word, or idea.
Down
- 1. Where the Mayans had settled (in present day Guatemala), it is the Mayan word for "flat region."
- 2. These people claimed to know what the gods wanted and would predict eclipses due to their study of astronomy.
- 3. Most enslaved people were ______ and were used for household chores and heavy labor instead of being sacrificed.
- 4. King of Tikal, ruled from A.D. 682-734. He also had a huge pyramid built that served as a temple and as his tomb.
- 6. Image of the god that armies carried into battles.
- 8. The god of rain and sunlight.
- 10. This 365-day ______ was used to schedule religious festivals, plantings, and harvests.
- 12. The Maya usually only sacrificed captives from the ______ classes which included the king, warriors, and large estate owners.
- 13. ______ would often marry into distant city-states in hope to strengthen trade and form alliances.