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WorksheetsOlmec Civilization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did olmecs live, what were the most popular jobs, and what did they catch/grow most?
In the mountains, they were mostly hunters, the caught/ grew rice, beans, deer, and any other wild life.
Near Rivers, they were mostly farmers and fishers, and the caught/ grew maize, beans, squash, pepper, and caught fish, turtles, and deer.
In 1150 B.C what was the city called that the Olmec built?
San Lorenzo
La Venta
Santa Ana
What did the olmecs develop that was amazingly accurate for its time?
Huge stone head monuments
Big bridges
A calendar
True or false the olmec worshipped one god?
True
False
True or false the gods that the olmec worshipped was the jaguar god which was believed to bring rain, the fire god, and the corn god?
True
False
True or false the olmec replaced the large mounds in the center of the city with pyramids?
True
False
The Olmec lived on the gulf of what?
Aden
Bahrain
Mexico
Argolic
When the area where they lived flooded it left what kind of soil?
Alluvial Soil
Ferile Soil
Wet soil filled with worms
Dry soil
What was an upper class of priest and noble who ruled olmec society called, and what did they wear?
They where called princes and princesses, and where gowns that where very colorful that where made out of silk.
They where called elites, and they wore jewelry and fancy cloth.
In 900 B.C what huge olmec city over grew San Lorenzo?
La Venta
Eridu
Nippur
Uruk
