Lesson 1- The Maya

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Across
  1. 2. The Mayan Astronomers developed these to help plan farming
  2. 4. The continent the first Americans arrived from
  3. 6. Who they thought would punish them if they displeased the king
  4. 7. The writing system the Mayans used
  5. 8. The number the Mayans added to the system of numbers
  6. 11. These were built on top of pyramids so priests could be closer to the gods
  7. 12. The name of the farming method that the Mayans used
  8. 13. the Olmecs carved large ______ out of stone
  9. 14. This provided ash and obsidian which were both helpful
  10. 15. One of the possible reasons that the Mayan cities fell
  11. 16. The type of forest where the Mayans lived
Down
  1. 1. Raised roads were connected to these
  2. 3. The way most people arrived in America
  3. 5. How we learned about the Mayan culture
  4. 9. Buildings for observing the sky
  5. 10. The name of the peninsula where the Mayans lived