2. Who Pre-Mayan and Aztec Culture in Central America
2000 yrs older than Aztecs
1000 yrs older than Mayans
Called Olmecs by Aztecs
Name means “people of rubber”
First people to develop use of rubber, from rubber trees

3. When Begins between 1600 BC and 1400 BC Not sure when it started
Ended between 600 BC & 300 BC
Not sure of end date
Civilization vanished, influence did not.

4. Where Centered in southeastern Mexico Along gulf of Mexico
Cities and trade routes throughout the region.
Some sites along Pacific Coast

6. What Built large number of cities
Made trade routes all over Southeast Mexico
Created system of agriculture to feed people in cities
Three sisters farming
Beans, Corn, and Squash
Still main crops today in Mexico
Domesticated dogs and turkeys

7. What Had theocracy for government Religious leaders in charge
May have worshipped jaguars
Created many works of art
Statues, made of jade or stone
Some were 11 feet tall
Used stone from 60 miles away
System of writing

8. Why Influenced many Native American cultures
Mayan, Aztecs, and Toltecs among others
Three sisters farming
Used all over NA and SA
First to use rubber
Art and writing copied by others
Religious, economic, and government practices copied by other groups
Contributions to science and math, including zero