Mesoamerica

Glassy stone formed by lava; Used to make tools.

• Granite

• Basalt

• Marble

• Obsidian

First city built by the Olmec

• Santa Fe

• San Salvador

• San Lorenzo

• La Venta

Largest city built by the Olmec

• Santa Fe

• San Salvador

• San Lorenzo

• La Venta

Olmec carved these using stone tools

• Colossal Stone Heads

• Colossal Wooden Heads

• Canoes

• Aquaducts

Which crops are part of the Three Sisters?

• Maize

• Beans

• Potatoes

• Squash

What were factors of the Mesoamerican ball game?

• Ball couldn't touch the ground

• No hands

• Narrow alley-like court

• Ball was made of rubber

• Minimum 5 players per side

Name of the Zapotec city

• La Paz

• San Salvador

• Monte Alban

• San Lorenzo

What does Teotihuacan mean?

• "Place Among the Mountains"

• "Place of the People"

• "Place of the Cactus"

• "Place of the Gods"

Oldest City in the Americas

• La Venta

• San Lorenzo

• Caral

• Monte Alban

The People that built the Solar Observatory

• The Chavin

• The Olmec

• The Aztec

• The Maya