Olmec

Where did the Maya and Aztecs come from?

• Africa

• Asia

• Canada

• Mesoamerica

Humans migrated into North America from _______by crossing over a land bridge between Alaska and Siberia.

• Canada

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

How did people first get to the Americas?​

• They took a flight from Canada to Mexico.

• They may have crossed the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia

• They migrated from South America

• All the answers are correct

Humans migrated to the Americas by crossing the ______

• seas

• mountains

• valleys

• deserts

 Mesoamerica is made up of ______ and ________

• North America

• Mexico

• South America

• Central Amerca

Some of the earliest civilizations in the Americas developed in Mesoamerica.

• True

• False

Many scholars consider the ________the first American civilization.

• Aztec

• Mayas

• Incas

• Olmec

Olmec is the name the _______later used for these people. ​

• Mayas

• Incas

• Aztecs

The most important crop to the Olmec was _____

• corn

• beans

• squash

• rice

The Olmecs used a farming technique called _________, which involved cutting down trees and burning plants to fertilize the soil.

• Tik and Tock

• Slash and burn

• cash and carry

• plant and grow