Maya Civilization - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

Major wars between polities of this civilization were recorded with glyphs depicting stars, causing them to be dubbed “star wars.” For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this ancient Mesoamerican civilization whose people built cities such as Tikal and Chichen Itza.

ANSWER: Maya Civilization [or Mayans]

[10h] The history of a dynasty founded by Yax K’uk’ Mo’ is inscribed on the Altar Q block, which is located in this remarkably well-preserved Mayan archeological site found in modern-day Honduras.

ANSWER: Copán

[10m] Altar Q claims Yax K’uk’ Mo’ came from the city of Teotihuacán, from which people named for this creature also conquered Tikal. Deities like Kukulkan who took this specific form were worshiped by many Mayans.

ANSWER: feathered serpent [or feathered snake or equivalent descriptions of a snake or serpent with feathers; accept Feathered-Serpent people; prompt on serpent or snake]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Oregon State	Mississippi State	10	0	10	20
Missouri	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Texas A	Iowa	10	0	10	20
Colorado College	Texas D	10	0	0	10
Vassar A	Texas B	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Boston University B	10	0	0	10
Clark A	Boston University A	10	0	0	10
Yale B	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	20
Penn A	Bard A	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Haverford A	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Princeton A	Penn State A	10	0	10	20
Rowan A	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Texas C	Vassar B	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	McGill E	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Brown A	10	0	0	10
Carabrandeis	Yale C	10	0	10	20
Diamond Brandeis	Bowdoin A	10	0	0	10
Harvard A	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Brandeises Brew	10	0	0	10
Yale A	Northeastern A	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	UChicago A	10	0	10	20
UIUC C	Miami	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame	WashU C	10	0	0	10
UChicago D	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	SIUE A	10	0	0	10
UIUC A	UIUC B	10	0	0	10
UChicago C	UIUC D	10	0	0	10
UChicago B	WashU D	10	0	0	10
Pitt B (UG)	CWRU B (UG)	10	0	10	20
Kenyon B (DII)	Kenyon A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Pitt A	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Michigan C (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	0	0	10
Michigan State C (UG)	CWRU D (DII)	0	0	0	0
Ohio State B (DII)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Alberta	SFU	10	0	0	10
UBC B	UBC A	10	10	0	20
UW B	UW A	10	0	10	20
UF A	Florida State University A	10	0	10	20
UCF B	UF C	10	0	0	10
UF D	UCF A	10	0	0	10
UF E	Florida Tech B	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech A	UF F	10	0	0	10