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1. The Maya occupied the
____________________ Peninsula of Mexico.
2. About
____________________ the major centers including Palenque, Tikal, and Copán were
mysteriously abandoned.
3. Use the Glossary to write a definition of the
following:
Pok-a-tok
Witz
monster
4. Click
on Places to find the name of the
largest island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Now it’s time to learn more about the sport of life and death, the Mesoamerican ballgame known as Pok-a-tok. Click on the following link to learn more: http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/AA/ballgame.htm
5. Mesoamerica is the sub-tropical region
located between North America and South America that includes ____________________,
____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and _______ ____________________.
6. For the game, players probably wore
little more than carefully placed protective gear. The ballgame was a fast and
dangerous sport played with a heavy ball that could break bones, or even kill.
The uniform had to protect the player, yet allow for quick movement. What was
the purpose of the yoke?
7. Watch a video reenactment of the
ballgame played at Copan, Honduras. How many players made up a team? ____________________
Time to review with a little Mayan TicTacToe. Go to: http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Activities/TTT_Mayan/index.htm
