Across
- 4. floodplains provided this for farming
- 7. a culture that influences those that come after it
- 8. artwork with both human and animal features
- 9. dirt piles used to raise temples and palaces to make them higher than the surrounding area
- 11. time period when most Maya cities were developed
- 15. the Olmec made large heads and the Maya made stelae of these people
- 18. volcanic rock used to make Olmec heads
- 20. allow farmers to plant on hillsides
- 23. corn
- 24. type of agriculture practiced in the forests and jungles of Mesoamerica
- 26. most human sacrifices came from this Maya class
- 27. picture symbols
- 28. the highlands were cool and _______, they depended on rain for crops
- 30. Maya built temples a top of their stepped-sided ones
- 31. the majority of Maya were this social class
- 32. large coral structures that run parallel to the coast (Mesoamerica has the 2nd largest one in the world)
Down
- 1. land with water on three sides, the Yucatan
- 2. both the Maya and the Olmec were this, meaning they worshipped many gods
- 3. a government where rulers are thought to do the will of the gods
- 5. a handwritten book, the Maya's were made of tree bark
- 6. nourished the gods
- 8. location of fresh water in the Yucatan
- 10. Olmec culture spread through their ______ network
- 11. no place in Mesoamerica is more than 200 miles from this
- 12. Maya mathematics and astronomy made these very accurate
- 13. peninsula occupied by the Maya
- 14. tale of how the Earth and humans began
- 16. region of the world the Olmec and Maya lived in
- 17. corn, squash, and beans
- 19. type of ball and where the Olmec's name comes from
- 21. used to make chocolate
- 22. countryside, not city area
- 24. harvesting twice-yearly creates a crop _____ or more than is needed
- 25. man-made channels that move water
- 29. nourished the people