SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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What early civilization in Mexico engaged in long-distance trade and built huge stone cities that had been abandoned by the time the Spanish arrived?
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the Olmec
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the Actec
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the Zapotec
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the Maya
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Overview: The Olmec lived along the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the modern-day Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. The Olmec society lasted from about 1600 BCE to around 350 BCE, when environmental factors made their villages unlivable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec.
Detailed explanation-3: -When a large urban area such as Mexico City dominates the country’s political, cultural, and economic affairs, it is called a. primate city. During the colonial period, a blending of indigenous beliefs and Catholicism occurred in Mexico is a process called. syncretism.
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