World History: Lesson Quiz 2-5

Olmec

Another name for the "rubber people" who grew rubber trees along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico south of Veracruz was the _______.

Zapotec

In which ancient Mesoamerican civilization did about 20,000 people live in terraces cut into the sides of a mountain?

obsidian

Teotihuacan was a busy trade center known for objects made of _______.

Olmec

The Maya adapted a ceremonial ball game played on a stone court, worship of a jaguar-like god, a calendar, and a numeric system from the _______.

Zapotec

a Mesoamerican civilization whose center at Monte Alban contained temples and pyramids atop a 1,200-foot-high mountain

Chavin

a South American civilization that built an impressive solar observatory made up of thirteen stone towers on a hillside north of Lima, Peru

Teotihuacan

first major city in Mesoamerica, located about 30 miles northeast of present-day Mexico City

Olmec

the oldest known Mesoamerican civilization, which appeared around 1200 BC

Caral

the oldest major city in the Americas which appeared around 2500 BC