Olmec Quiz

What type of environment did people settle in that yielded abundant rain?

• Deserts

• Mountains

• Rainforests and swamplands

• Grasslands

What was the greatest adaptation in the Americas related to?

• Building pyramids

• Domestication of plants and animals

• Development of writing

• Construction of roads

Which civilization is considered the earliest American civilization?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Inca

Where did the Olmec civilization emerge?

• Andes Mountains

• Amazon Rainforest

• Gulf Coast of Mexico

• Great Plains

What is one of the most famous forms of Olmec art?

• Painted murals

• Giant stone heads

• Metal sculptures

• Wooden carvings

The Olmec were most famous for their giant (a)   heads.

Which civilization is known as the earliest Mesoamerican civilization?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Olmec

What was one of the first civilizations in the Americas (located near the Gulf of Mexico and known for huge stone head sculptures)?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Which society was considered to be the "Mother Culture"?

• Zapotec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

What does Mesoamerica mean?

• Little America

• Middle America

• Northern America

• Southern America