The Olmec Civilization

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The Olmec are considered by historians to be the "..." culture of Mesoamerica.

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mother

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The ancient Olmec civilization is believed to have been centered around what today is the states of ... and Tabasco

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Veracruz, veracruz

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The major Olmec urban area in early times was La Venta.

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False

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Most of what we know about the Olmec comes from works they created in...

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stone

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The ... is a common figure in Olmec religion, especially combined with a snake.

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jaguar, Jaguar

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Around ... B.C., the Olmec civilization was pretty much gone, and no one really knows what happened to them.

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400

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Choose the option that was NOT a city the Olmec occupied: Tenochtitlán, La Venta, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán.

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Tenochtitlán

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It is believed that they even performed ..., because bones were located at suspected sacred sites.

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human sacrifices

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To date, ... colossal Olmec heads have been discovered in various locations associated with the ancient Olmec civilizations.

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17, seventeen

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The majority of the colossal heads were moulded out of ...

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volcanic basalt