Food
They ate beans. True or False
True
Did the olmecs build stone heads?
Yes
Where they good at farming?
Yes
Who held the power in the society?
The wealthy/elite
Are Mr. Blum and Mrs. Raymond nice?
Yes
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Did the Olmec's eat mostly meat or vegetables.
(They ate both)
Vegetables
What were the two groups in the Olmec social structure?
The common people and the elite people.
What volcanic rock did they use to make their immense stone heads?
Basalt
What position also gave you high power?
Priests or Religious Leaders
What is Mr. Blum's favorite football team?
The Rams
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List 2 crops the Olmec's farmed.
Beans, Squash, Maize, Chilies, Tomatoes
What is the most famous Olmec structure?
La Venta
What did the stone heads represent?
Their former leaders
Who were the most likely to have made official decisions?
Elites and the wealthy
Who is the class sleepyhead?
Emily
Would they breed animals or hunt them?
Hunt
Where did most of the Olmec farmers build their farms and homes?
On artificial hills that they constructed.
What is the name of the complex historians consider to be a religious site?
Complex A La Venta
How did the elites and wealthy gain their wealth?
They descended from the few families with the best farmland which gave them POWER!!!!
Who threw the flying boomerang of 2020?
TYLER
What animals did they hunt? (list at least four)
Dogs, Chickens, Deer, Peccaries, Turtles, Alligators
How tall is The Pyramid of Cholula? (In feet)
82 feet
Name 5 of the 8 main Olmec gods.
The Olmec Dragon, the Bird Monster, the Shark Monster, the Banded-Eye god, the Maize God, the Rain Spirit, the Were-Jaguar, or the Feathered Serpent.
What were the Olmec leaders referred as?
Tu
Who made the slides, jeopardy, and worksheet?
Dylan, Arjun, and Kylie