Chapter 16, Section 1 Review

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Across
  1. 2. the Olmec were known for these huge creations
  2. 8. the second word naming the zapotec city high atop a mountain
  3. 9. "Slash and burn _____________"
  4. 10. built by the Zapotec to create more land for farming
  5. 11. after clearing the jungle by burning the jungle, this was used to fertilize land
  6. 12. the mother culture
Down
  1. 1. Sierra Madre Oriental lie to this direction
  2. 3. Mysteriously, the Olmec civilization did this around 400 B.C.
  3. 4. found on the Yucatan Peninsula and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
  4. 5. these people lived in farming villages throughout the Oaxaca Valley.
  5. 6. one of the three sisters grown by Mesoamerican farmers
  6. 7. one of the Olmec's most important gods