Chapter 9: The Americas: A Separate World

What is Beringia?

• The narrowest section of the Americas today.

• The narrowest section of the Americas during the Ice Age.

• The Ice Age waterway dividing Asia and North America.

• The Ice Age land bridge connecting Asia and North America.

What is Maize in English?

• Chili

• Corn

• Gourd

• Squash

They worshiped the jaguar spirit.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

They are considered as "mother culture."

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

They were an ancient people of Mesoamerica.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

They developed a means of moving massive sculptures.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

Their civilization collapsed for reasons that remain a mystery.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

They built Monte Alban, the first real urban center in the Americas.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

They are the firt people to have built a civilization in Mesoamerica.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither

The reamins of their communities have been discovered at San Lorenzo and La Venta.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• both

• neither