Cities
Olmec civilization was located next to what large body of saltwater that is surrounded by the United States and Mexico
What is the Gulf of Mexico / America?
Who ruled over Olmec cities?
Who is a king / chief?
True or false: Both the Olmec AND Mississippians made giant earthworks.
True
Where did people lower on the social hierarchy live in Olmec and Mississippian cities?
What is the outside / outer edges of the cities?
The ancient Egyptians used what pictorial writing system to help communicate?
What are hieroglyphics?
Cahokia was located next to what major river valley in the United States?
What is the Mississippi River Valley?
True or false - The Olmec educated people to become scribes.
True.
What was the name of the Olmec god that was part human and jaguar?
What is the werejaguar?
Elite people lived on top of what in Mississippian cities, like Cahokia?
What are mounds?
These ancient Greek warriors and city - state were known for their military excellence during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Who war the Spartans?
The first major urban and cultural center of the Olmecs.
What is San Lorenzo?
Mississippian chiefs had many responsibilities. Name at least 2 of them.
What is controlled food distribution, labor, and religious activities?
Of what long nosed god did the Mississippians create copper necklaces / plates of that only their chiefs could wear?
Who is Birdman?
What bouncy substance are the Olmec famous for creating and trading throughout Central America?
What is rubber?
This is the only United States president to serve more than 2 terms (1933-1945)
Who is FDR?
The biggest city in North America before Christopher Columbus.
What is Cahokia?
The Olmec traded rubber for this precious green stone that had religious symbolism in their culture. They traded for it as far away as Guatemala!
What is jade?
How tall were the colossal Olmec heads? How much did they weigh?
8 - 10 feet tall and weighed anywhere from 6 - 25 tons!!!
(12,000 --> 50,000 pounds)
What is the name of the written language that the Olmec created?
Hint: It's name is similar to that of Egypt's.
What is Olmec hieroglyphs?
This great Macedonian King conquered the Persian empire before age 30.
Who is Alexander the Great?
At the same moment in 1100 CE, the city of Cahokia was bigger than what modern day city in England?
What is London? (I said Paris in class, my bad)
The city of Cahokia used copper to create jewelry. Where did Cahokia get the copper from?
What are the Great Lakes!
What is the name of the largest mound in the center of Cahokia?
What is Monk's Mound?
The Mississippians did not widely use metal tools. Instead they traded for what kind of stone?
What are chert stones?
This event that began in 1848 in California triggered massive Westward migration.
What is the Gold Rush?