Chapter 11 - quiz 1 Flashcards
Scientists who study the origins of man?
Anthropologist
What was probably the oldest Mesoamerican civilization? (Had large heads)
Olmec (means rubber people)
What is the most popular theory for how people arrived in Mesoamerica?
across the Bering Strait in Alaska
This is the name of the area between central Mexico and Costa Rica in Central America?
Meso-America
The cities of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán and La Venta were in what civilization?
Olmec
The most famous findings from the Olmec civilization are gigantic stone heads. The Olmecs carved these heads from stone, jade, and a volcanic rock called ______?
Basalt
Olmecs used what tree’s sap to make rubber and latex?
cahuchu (“weeping trees”)
By AD 250, this civilization dominated the region, made scientific advancements, and built citystates?
Mayan
One of the largest and most magnificent Mayan citystates was _____?
Tikal
In the mid1500s, a Spanish priest named ______________ tried to make the Mayas accept Roman Catholicism. He wrote about the Mayans
Diego de Landa
These people were one of the early civilizations that developed the idea of zero, based their number system on 20, and studied Astronomy?
Mayans
Mayas recorded ideas in a book called a _____? Books spoke of Astronomy, but not how they lived or died.
Codex
This is where Mayans could get fresh water from deep sinkholes called _____?
Cenotes
What were the three geographical areas where Mayans built their homes?
Rainforests
High plateaus
Lowlands
What is the most famous archeological find of the Olmecs?
Giant heads
