The Olmec Flashcard

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Where can lowlands be found? Options: between the mountains of the Sierra Madre, in the jungles of the Yucatán, along the Pacific Ocean, around Monte Albán

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in the jungles of the Yucatán

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What are the three main crops grown in the highlands?

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maize, squash, beans

Front

How did farmers who used slash-and-burn agriculture fertilize their land?

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They used the ash left from burning the plants and trees on the land.

Front

Which of the following correctly lists the Olmec social order? rulers, farmers, priests, merchants, priests, rulers, farmers, merchants, rulers, priests, merchants, farmers, priests, rulers, farmers, merchants

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rulers, priests, merchants, farmers

Front

What was the name of one of the most important gods worshiped by the Olmec?

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The Jaguar God

Front

What were the stone heads in the Olmec civilization made from? Limestone, Marble, Quartz, Basalt

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Basalt

Front

What does the term "Meso" mean?

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middle

Front

What is maize?

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corn

Front

We don't know why the Olmec disappeared.

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True

Front

The Olmec civilization is known as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica

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True