Early South America and Mesoamerica

A planned city

• Charlemagne

• Sumer

• An Urban Center

• Cultural Diffusion

A characteristic of a civilization

• Urban Centers

• Hunting

• Gathering

• No written language

The farming practices of Mesoamerica included:

• Improved soil with irrigation and fertilizer

• carved level steps on the sides of mountains for farming

• Storing surplus of food for times of bad harvests

• Learning to grow maize, or corn

The use of dams and canals for the irrigation of farmland resulted from:

• seasonal climate changes

• People got bored

• Canals were used for canoeing and having fun

• None of the Above

The Zapotec system of writing was most similar to the:

• Mesopotamians

• Greeks

• Romans

• Egyptians

The Olmec relied mostly on _______________ to grow their crops.

• canals

• snow

• rainfall

• floods

The Olmecs advanced technology gave them the ability to carve out large structures, such as the:

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These two civilizations had a stable food supply, which allowed them to develop and grow in areas outside of agriculture and strengthen trade.

• Olmec

• Hunters

• Gatherers

• Zapotec

The Zapotec were

• Christian

• Muslim

• Buddhist

• Polytheistic

"gods" also known as:

• forms

• deities

• philosophers

• None of the Above