Exam 13: Mesoamerica, the Classic Maya, and the Aztec Empire

From the Maya perspective, what was the role of bloodletting and human sacrifice in their culture and social system?

How did Maya royals legitimize their rule?

_____________________ was a major center of the Olmec people.

The Maya long-count calendar begins in the year _________________.

The Spanish defeated the Aztecs in AD 1787.

______________ was a Maya lowlands center during the Middle Preclassic.

The burial masks of Maya kings were customarily made from jade.

________________ was the main center in the Valley of Oaxaca after 500 cal BC.

Farmers in the Preclassic Maya lowlands developed canals, but for an atypical purpose. What was this purpose?

What do you see as the ritual significance of "erasing history"? Describe two examples of this occurrence, past or present.

How was a relatively small group of Spanish conquistadors able to subjugate the people of the Maya region?

Which of these was the largest unit of time in the Maya calendar?

What were the three most significant crops of Mesoamerican subsistence systems?

In Mesoamerican archaeology, a standing carved stone is called ___________________.

To see Maya ruins, go to modern-day Guatemala.