Across
- 2. River for Mayan transportation and trade
- 4. originating in a country
- 5. dresses extravagant hat worn for special ceremonies by the Mayan
- 8. eye Mayan spirit or curse
- 10. important, stands out
- 12. vegetation
- 16. Hero Twins Mayan’s myth explaining the division of Social classes( why only one family is noble)
- 18. decorative sewing
- 19. killed
- 20. to make a copy of
- 21. Chinese ceramic, hard, translucent, hid over 1000years from the rest of the world, white
- 23. Slash and Burn technique used by Mayan
- 25. ancient writing system
- 27. a precious stone- usually in green, but comes in other colours.
- 29. farming
- 31. and burn Mayan farming
- 32. precious metal- used by Mayans for trade
- 34. River for Mayan transportation to trade
- 35. Mayan books
- 36. study of inscriptions(hieroglyphics)
- 37. joined through one route
- 39. Mayan Instrument
- 40. explanation
- 42. rotation using fields for different crops each year
- 43. corn
- 44. shared
- 45. ragged pants or shorts( like an underwear)
- 46. a hard volcanic rock
Down
- 1. (w/example) an item of the past
- 3. to go with
- 6. represents, symbolizes
- 7. Mayan tax paid to priests by peasants
- 9. a loot bag for a birthday
- 11. figure out
- 13. large stones Mayans used for writing on
- 14. precious metal used by Mayans for trade
- 15. movement from one place to another
- 17. 15 year old Mayan girl
- 19. accruing regular
- 22. Mayan form of Febreez – Sap from a tree used as an air freshenner
- 24. the person who reasehes
- 26. having power
- 28. wealthy, successful
- 29. the study of the past
- 30. wife’s family payment to the groom’s family for marrige
- 32. Mayan chaperon
- 33. outstanding, important
- 36. sum of your surroundings
- 37. living in
- 38. clay, earthen, brown and red
- 41. use of
- 44. diffusion cultures grouping together