FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -No, the Olmecs did not have the wheel. Although the wheel had been invented in Mesopotamia at least two thousand years before the beginning of Olmec civilization, it had not reached Mesoamerica.
Detailed explanation-2: -Olmec Tools In spite of only having Stone Age technology, the Olmecs were able to make several sorts of tools which made their life easier. They used whatever was at hand, such as clay, stone, bone, wood or deer antlers. They were skilled at making pottery: vessels and plates used for storing and cooking food.
Detailed explanation-3: -No, the Mayans did not have the wheel. Historians and archeologists today predict that they did not have the wheel because they had no use for it. The wheel was first invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE.