Across
- 3. what the Olmec people did to make the soil more fertile
- 4. one thing that the Olmec people caught to eat
- 7. has a hard shell and was caught in nets by the Olmec
- 11. many people native to the Americas grew corn, beans and __
- 12. a hunted source of pig-looking protein
- 14. another word for corn
- 15. a stealthy animal, mostly nocturnal but also crepuscular
- 17. a housepet in the US, but food in the Olmec civilization
- 18. fluffy and soft
Down
- 1. many people had the job of growing food
- 2. the climate would be described as
- 5. what the Olmec people did to the grasses before burning
- 6. when the air is hot and heavy and full of water
- 8. The animal that is worshipped and revered
- 9. one of the root crops the Olmec people ate
- 10. the modern day country where the Olmec people lived
- 13. the Coatzacoalcos River will __ its banks
- 16. The Ancient people who lived along the Gulf of Mexico from 1200-400 BCE
