Chp. 9 Sec. 2 and 3 Quiz

The first complex societies in the Americas began ___ thousand years ago.

More than 3K years ago the first complex societies in the Americas arose in a region called ______________.

Mesoamerica's first known civilization builders were people known as the _______.

The Olmecs worshipped a variety of nature gods, most of all being the ___________ spirit.

The _________ people developed an advanced society in the Oaxaca valley.

The Zapotecs developed a writing system as well as a ___________ system.

The decline of the Olmecs and the Zapotecs is still a _________.

The first societies that arose in South America were in the Northern Andes Mountain region of _______.

The _______ were the first civilization to arise in Peru.

The _______ culture flourished along the southern coast of Peru.