MYP3 Ancient Olmec Civlization Class Inquiry
Dear MYP3 Students, please read the following article by Mark Cartwright titled OLMEC CIVILIZATION. And answer the following questions-
CLASSWORK
THE
OLMEC CIVILIZATION INQUIRY QUESTIONS
Answer
the following questions. Provide FULL answers (in well written sentences)
1. In what time
period did the Olmec live?
2.
How did they codify and record its gods and religious practices?
3.
Define de word precursor…
4.
Why do we say that the Olmec were the precursors of
other civilizations?
5.
What were the major subsequent civilizations after the
Olmec people?
6.
What kind of practices were passed on to sb
7.
The article talks about features in the Olmec culture
like massive stone sculptures. Please
name at least two more.
8. The Olmecs
also liked to mix animals to create weird and wonderful creatures such as the were-jaguar. A were-jaguar was a combination of
_________ and __________?
9. How heavy
were the colossal basalt heads?
10.
In what
location was the first pyramid built in Mesoamerica?
11.
Olmec’s religion is sketchy. The Olmecs seem to have
had a particular reverence for natural places which connected with the
important junctions of ________, _______ and the _________.
12.
What name adopts the feathered-snake god in the
Mayan Culture? In the Aztec Culture?
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