Olmec & Maya

This civilization is known as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica

• Olmec

• Maya

How did trade help the Olmec’s civilization?

• to develop a writing system

• to build stone buildings

• to create a class structure

• to plan their cities

Why were the Maya able to measure time accurately?

• they were skilled mathematicians

• they had very clear skies

• they could count the stars

• they were very religious

Why are the Olmec considered the first complex civilizations? Describe two reasons.

• they had farms

• they had an education system

• they had a writing system

• they had a king

The region of Mexico and Central America where diverse

civilizations developed in pre-Columbian times.

• pre-Columbian

• Mesoamerica

• historic quarter

• Middle America

A person who studies the past by recovering artifacts

and other things left behind by people long ago.

• chemist

• geologist

• archaeologist

• astrologer

True or False: The Maya created one of the most splendid civilizations of all time.

• True

• False

What does the word Olmec mean?

• first Americans

• purple people

• rubber people

Choose the four social classes of the Maya.

• Rulers

• Cooks

• Craftspeople and Merchants

• Common People

• Enslaved people

True or False: The Maya left permanent records of their lives through video tapes.

• True

• False