Bellwork: March 15th Review: How were the Maya politically organized? Don’t forget: The Grace Day expires today for the Vocabulary Worksheet (this was the worksheet that you worked on in class yesterday) Review: How were the Maya politically organized? Who ruled each Mayan city-state? Where did the Maya civilization live? Did the Maya trade with each other? If so, what did they primarily trade? (who’s goods were traded?) Preview: 5. What is the Roman numeral for one? 6. What is the Roman numeral for five? 7. What is the Roman numeral for zero?

Your role in society: (From Yesterday) King: Maya King of City State – Monitor your city-state. Command your warriors to attack when needed. Jack: Noble of City-State – Collect taxes from the hunter, farmer, and artisan. Collect 1 letter from the hunter or farmer every two minutes. Ace: Artisan of City-State – Create the designated item out of educational clay. Will also need to trade with other artisans 8 and 9: Hunter for City-State – Create a deer from the blocks. Be sure and follow directions in the envelope. 6: Farmer for City-State – Spell MAIZE out of the blocks. Be sure and follow directions in the envelope. 4: Warrior for City-State – When called to war, engage in battles of Rock, Paper, Scissors with the other warriors. Best of three battles. Winner gets to take a letter from a farmer or a deer from a hunter.

(From Yesterday) To win, your City State Must Trade or Win each of the following: Two words that spell MAIZE (may trade with other city-states if needed) 4 deer (may trade with other city-states if needed) 2 mugs (created by hearts) 2 chairs (created by spades) 2 bowls (created by clubs) 2 tables (created by diamonds)

Maya Civilization Notes (from yesterday): Maya lived on Yucatan peninsula - flat, warm climate, rain forest region.  LOTS OF FARMING! Lots of great farmland and animals  Can feed large population  Civilization lived in independent City–States (like ancient Greece and Italy in Middle Ages) City-states traded with each other (usually artisans made trade goods). Complete the population pyramid in each “city-state” on your Comp book notes page.

Can you predict these four Mayan accomplishments?

Be creative on this one. There were not ACTUALLY skyscrapers like this.

Mayan Accomplishments Astronomy **The Mayans studied astronomy. **By tracking movements of stars, they created a 365 day calendar. By this calendar, they knew when to plant their crops. Math Had a counting system. **Invented a symbol for zero (0). (were the first to do this!!) Writing system (one of the earliest civilizations to have one) Large cities and population – had enough agriculture to feed large cities