THE MAYA (Chapter 17)

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Across
  1. 2. Mayan city
  2. 5. corn
  3. 6. civilization the preceded the Maya
  4. 10. “Middle America”
  5. 12. the backbone of Mayan society
  6. 15. a set of actions performed as part of a religious ceremony
  7. 16. writing using pictures as symbols
  8. 17. agriculture/vegetation is cut and burned to clear land for crops
Down
  1. 1. Sacred Round, the ritual calendar
  2. 3. matchmaker
  3. 4. period greatest cultural period for the Maya
  4. 7. ball game that had religious significance
  5. 8. ceremony celebrating the end of childhood
  6. 9. a gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the gods
  7. 11. pyramid a social structure in the shape of a pyramid representing the different classes in a society
  8. 13. “little breads”
  9. 14. a person who creates art or beautifully made objects