Lost Kingdoms of the Maya

Video #6

Questions:

1. Who produced this film?
    
2. How did the Mayas believe they were created?
    
3. Where did the first scientific examinations of Mayan civilization take place?
    
4. Why were there no gold found in Mayan tombs?
    
5. What types of subject matter are found in the Mayan codies?
    
6. What is considered to be the longest inscribed text in the new world?
    
7. What did Mayan ball games symbolize? What were they suppose to accomplish?
    
8. By giving blood, what did the Maya believe they were touching?
    
9. How did the Maya believe they could see the gods?
    
10. What does the clothing of today’s Mayans represent?
     
11. Mayan weaving designs and patterns are believed to be reflections of what?
     
12. In Mayan architecture, what do pyramids represent? Doors?
     
13. What did the Maya believe the afterlife was like for most people?
     
14. What was the difference between how ordinary people and the nobility were buried?
     
15. What material was used to craft the blades shown in the film?
     
16. How many lords of the night were there?
     
17. What was ritualized warfare? How did it usually end?
     
18. Why is it believed that Copan declined?
     
19. In what geographic region of the Mayan world did decline and decay first occur?
     
20. In what current Central American country have over 100,000 Mayans been killed in recent years?

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