They made big colossal Stone heads
The Olmec was located in South America
False, Mesoamerica
The Maya had up to 40 cities in the Classic Age but all were independent
Positive: They traded with each other and developed trade routes between the cities
Negative: They fought over land
The Spanish had less advanced weapons than the civilizations in the Americas
They couldn't have conquered the Americas
Moctezuma II
Leader of the Aztecs during the Spanish conquest
They lived in Southern central Mexico by lake Texcoco
Aztecs
The Mayans copied some of the Olmec cultural aspects such as jaguars, building temples, and the use of Jade.
True
River flooding
Positive: it deposits silt and allows for having more fertile land
Negative: destruction of land, homes, and lives
The Mayans did not build observatories.
They wouldn't have been advanced in astrology
A civilization
an organized society within a specific area.
They did human sacrifices
Aztecs
The Aztecs were monotheistic
False. They were Polytheistic
A civilization has a surplus of food.
Positive: The population grows and people are more satisfied. The civilization can develop and invent new things.
Negative: Overpopulation can lead to crowded societies, people might leave, and it can lead to the decline of the civilization
The Maya didn't invent calendars
They wouldn't have been able to plan their farming and harvesting seasons
Hernan Cortes
Led the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs
They invented 2 calendars
Maya
The Capital of the Aztecs was Tikal
False, It was Tenochtitlan
living in the amazon rainforest
positive: having a variety of plants and animals
Negative: dangers from wild animals
The Olmecs did not trade
There would not have been cultural borrowing and none of the civilizations would have copied ideas from the Olmec
Mesoamerica
Central America- Location of the Olmec and Maya civilizations
They were talented in astronomy
The language of the Olmecs could not be deciphered
True
living on a swampy island like the Aztecs
Positive: Access to water which can help in traveling and trade
Negative:- difficulty to go in and out of the city
- Little Farming land
The Olmecs didn't grow rubber
They wouldn't have had the ceremonial ball games
Cultural borrowing
It allows for the exchange of cultural ideas between civilizations such as language, religion, customs.
it can happen by trading, traveling, or migration.