VOCAB
OLMEC
MAYA
COLLEGE LEVEL
CORNICOPIA
100
RULERS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS WERE AT THE TOP OF OLMEC SOCIETY WERE PART OF THIS CLASS
ELITE
100
WHAT DOES THE FOLLOWING IMAGE REVEAL ABOUT THE OLMEC CULTURE?
THEY HONORED IMPORTANT LEADERS
100
A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE MAYA WERE THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP MATH AND ASTRONOMY WHICH LED TO THE CREATION OF THIS
CALENDAR
100
IF THE OLMEC CAME BEFORE THE MAYA, DOES THAT MEAN THE OLMEC WRITING SYTEM INFLUENCED, SUPERIOR TO, OR HAD NO EFFECT ON THE MAYA WRITING SYSTEM
INFLUENCED
100
BOTH THE OLMEC AND MAYA ARE CULTURES FROM THIS REGION
MESOAMERICA
200
IN THE MAYA CULTURE, PRIESTS SUPERVISED GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS IN THE ROLE OF THIS
ADMINISTRATOR
200
NICKNAME FOR THE OLMEC
RUBBER PEOPLE
200
THE IMAGE SHOWS WHAT FEATURE OF MAYA CULTURE
ADVANCED NUMBER SYSTEM
200
BESIDES RELIGIOUS EVENTS, WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHERE AT THIS LOCATION
BALL GAMES, POLITICAL OR MILITARY EVENTS
200
TYPE OF FARMING MAYA USED IN THE IMAGE BELOW
TERRACED FARMING
300
A MAYA PRIEST WOULD ALSO STUDY THE PLANETS AND STARS IN THIER OTHER ROLE AS THIS
ASTRONOMER
300
MAIN FARMING TECHNIQUE BY THE OLMEC
SLASH-AND-BURN
300
WHAT WOULD THE MAYA USE TO SUPPORT COMMUNICATION AND TRADE THROUGHOUT ITS POPULATION (2 ITEMS)
RIVERS AND ROADS
300
WHAT ACTION COULD MAYA PRIESTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS BOTH DO
ENFORCE LAWS
300
NAME OF THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION MAYA USED TO TRAVEL AND MOVE PRODUCT ON WATER
CANOES
400
WORSHIPING MANY GODS AND OR GODDESSES IS CALLED THIS
POLYTHEISM
400
WHAT WERE MOST OF THE OLMEC STATUES MADE FROM (TYPE OF STONE)
BASALT
400
OLMEC WERE SEDENTARY AND THE MAYA WERE NOMADIC. WHAT DID THE MAYA HAVE TO DO DIFFERENTLY TO SURVIVE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
ADJUST FARMING TECHNIQUES
400
MAYA STRUCTURES WERE BUILT AROUND THE SEASONS (FALL, WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER) AS WELL AS THE SUN AND MOON CYCLES. THIS SHOWS THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT? (2 ITEMS)
MATH AND ASTRONOMY
400
NAME OF THE BALL GAME MAYA PLAYED
POK-A-TOK
500
POLITICAL CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER SOCIETIES IS CALLED THIS
ALLIANCES
500
WEIGHT OF THE HEAVIEST OLMEC STATUE (IN TONS - 1 TON = 2K POUNDS)
25 TONS
500
WHAT MAIN TYPE OF EVENT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE LOCATION IN THIS PICTURE
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
500
BUILDING SITE LOCATIONS FOR TEMPLES WERE DETERMINED BY THIS
PRIESTS WHO WORKED AS ASTRONOMERS
500
NAME ALL THREE ITEMS USED IN THE MAYA NUMERICAL SYSTEM (3 ITEMS)
DOT, DASH, SHELL (DOT-1, DASH-5, SHELL-0)