Across
- 4. often married into royal families in other Maya city-states.
- 6. what they used to decide when to plant and harvest crops.
- 9. gave the Maya a year-round source of water.
- 12. what was the role of women in the Maya city state? To become what?
- 13. caused a drop in food production.
- 14. where the acient mayas settled.
- 17. an area where the soil has collapsed into a hollow or depression
- 19. assisted kings in governing the city-states.
- 20. thought the gods revealed their plans through movements of the sun and stars.
Down
- 1. develop a calendar system to predict eclipse
- 2. paid taxes and worked on large building projects.
- 3. He ruled the city-state of Palenque
- 5. the god of rain
- 7. turned to priests for advice.
- 8. in what city state women served as ruling queens?
- 10. caused a drop in food production.
- 11. tried to please Chac
- 15. they often fought each other for control of territory
- 16. They used hieroglyphics like Z…
- 18. about what did the priests learn by watching the stars