The Olmecs
This was the first big civilization in Mesoamerica.
What is the Olmec civilization?
This was the first Olmec capital.
What is San Lorenzo?
These giant stone faces may show rulers or ballplayers.
What are the colossal heads?
The Olmec heartland was called this.
What is Olman?
The Olmecs were first to build cities with these features.
What are plazas and pyramids?
This crop was important to the Olmecs.
What is maize (corn)?
The Olmecs lived from about this time period.
What is 1300–400 BCE?
This city became the spiritual center of the Olmecs.
What is La Venta?
These stone seats showed power and religion.
What are thrones or altars?
The Olmecs lived in these two Mexican states.
What are Tabasco and Verzcruz?
They were first to carve these huge stone artworks.
What are colossal heads?
This material was used to make balls and tools.
What is rubber?
The Olmecs are called this because they started many traditions.
What is the “Mother Culture”?
This site continued Olmec traditions after La Venta.
What is Tres Zapotes?
These masks showed rulers changing into animals.
What are Jade Masks and Figures?
These helped the Olmecs farm and travel.
What are rivers and marshes?
They created these networks to exchange goods.
What are trade networks?
Olmec art mixed these two types of beings.
What are realistic humans and supernatural beings, usually animals like a jaguar?
These two later civilizations were influenced by the Olmecs.
Who are the Maya and Aztec(Mexica)?
The Olmec civilization lasted about this many years.
What is 900 years?
These items showed everyday life and rituals.
What are pottery and figurines?
Olmec influence spread to these three countries.
What are Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador?
They started this kind of religion.
What is a state religion with ceremonies?
The ballgame is most like this modern sport.
What are soccer and basketball?
This term means a civilization that shares ideas with others at the same time.
What is sister culture?
Olmec ideas lived on in these later cultures.
Who are the Maya and Aztec?
These hidden art pieces were used in ceremonies.
What are buried mosaics?
Olman means this in English.
What is "The Land of Rubber Trees"?
They invented this ancient sport.
What is the ballgame?
Future historians might be puzzled by this modern technology.
What are our smartphones?