The Olmec Civilization

The Olmec are considered by historians to be the "..." culture of Mesoamerica.

• first

• most cultural

• mother

• only

The ancient Olmec civilization is believed to have been centered around what today is the states of ... and Tabasco

The major Olmec urban area in early times was La Venta.

• True

• False

Most of what we know about the Olmec comes from works they created in ...

• hieroglyphs

• tombs

• wood

• stone

The ... is a common figure in Olmec religion, especially combined with asnake.

Around ... B.C., the Olmec civilization was pretty much gone, and no one really knows what happened to them.

• 1200

• 400

• 900

• 300

Choose the option that was NOT a city the Olmec occupied.

• Tenochtitlán

• La Venta

• San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán

It is believed that they even performed ..., because bones were located at suspected sacred sites.

• astronomy

• ball games

• human sacrifices

• trade

To date, ... colossal Olmec heads have been discovered in various locations associated with the ancient Olmec civilizations.

The majority of the colossal heads were moulded out of ...

• wood

• stone

• paint

• volcanic basalt