Social Studies chpt 9 Olmecs and Mayas
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This is a picture-symbol that represents
an object, idea, or sound - Glyph
- What do you call a very long mountain range?
- Cordillera
- What do you call an area that is used for religious ceremonies by the ancient people of the Americas?
- Ceremonial center
- What is slash-and-burn farming?
- clearing of forest lands to gain new farmland
- This is the part of the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; the climate is the warmest
- Tropical zone
- What do you call the area north and south of the Tropical zone?
- Temperate Zone
- What is another name for a temporary ruler?
- Regent
- What is another name for planting crops together?
- Intercropping
- What is a tumpline?
- It is a kind of sling that makes it easier for a person to carry heavy loads
- What is a cenote?
- a deep natural well
- This is a volcanic glass that ancient people often used for tools.
- Obsidian
- This is another name for the ruling class.
- Elite
- What was the most important Olmec god?
- Jaguar
- Was the region that the Mayas lived in very crowded or did it have a small population?
- Very crowded
- Where do archaeologists get their major source of information about the Mayas?
- glyphs
- What runs north and south through much of Central America?
- Mountains
- What do archaeologists believe that Olmec sstone heads were?
- Portraits of Olmec rulers
- What are the highest mountains in the Americas?
- Andes
- How did Olmec farmers make best use of the soil they had?
- Intercropping
- What did the Olmecs use to carve the giant heads?
- Basalt Rock
- What is important about San Lorenzo?
- It is the oldest known Olmec city.
- Why do the people of Central America farm near volcanoes?
- The soil is fertile there.
- What does the Isthmus of Panama connect?
- the continents of North and South America
- What is important about Tikal?
- It was the largest of the ancient Mayan cities.
- What were tumplines?
- The Olmecs used them to carry goods and workloads.
- What are some of the ways that the Mayan culture included the ideas and inventions of the Olmec culture?
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* They used the rainforest for food
*They used intercropping to keep their
soil fertile.
*They both worshipped many gods.
*They both built temples,stone monuments
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What are some important land and water features of North America?
- of Central America?
- South Ameriaca? -
NA= forests, plains, woods, grasslands, mountain ranges, rivers
CA= mountains, lowlands, and rainforests
SA= Andes Mountains, Atacama desert, tropical rainforesst, tropical grasslands