Across
- 2. calendar systems
- 4. gods controlled everything that happened on earth
- 5. and priests: assisted kings in governing the city-states
- 10. below them were
- 11. maya rules
- 13. fields of corn and other crops and built cities under government direction
- 14. the maya set up more than 50 independent
- 15. an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression
- 17. and streams: sinkholes gave the maya access to a network of underground
- 18. major calendars
- 20. at least two women served as ruling
Down
- 1. projects: people of this paid taxes and worked on large
- 3. system: the maya city-states had a strict
- 6. when the maya
- 7. ceremonies to please the gods
- 8. sometimes included human sacrifice
- 9. who built the city
- 12. for advice: maya rulers turned to
- 16. each maya city-state was ruled by
- 19. forested areas clear together