Mayan, Olmec, Austronesians, and other Central American Societies
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| 314786700 | Teotihuacan | A wealthy city-state ruled by a theocratic government | 0 | |
| 314786701 | Austronesians | People who had advanced maritime craft and used them to reach New Guinea and establish societies across the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands | 1 | |
| 314786702 | Land Bridges | Bridges that were exposed during the last ice age. They allowed people to migrate to the Americas, Australia, and New Guinea. | 2 | |
| 314786703 | Popul Vah | A Mayan book that survived the Spanish invaders. It teaches that people were created out of maize and water by the gods, thus it explains the reason for blood letting rituals | 3 | |
| 314786704 | Teotihuacan | A city-state that had no military or defensive walls, which led to it's downfall | 4 | |
| 314786705 | Austronesians | People who introduced agriculture to the people in New Guinea and other Indian Ocean islands | 5 | |
| 314786706 | Lapita | Austronesians who migrated and populated many islands in the Pacific and Indian Ocean | 6 | |
| 314786707 | Tikal | A large ceremonial center in Maya that became a political center that accumulated massive amounts of wealth | 7 | |
| 314786708 | Lapita | People who maintained large trade networks across seas but ceased once they had prosperous societies under kings and chiefs | 8 | |
| 314786709 | Olmecs | (1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups. | 9 | |
| 314786710 | Maya | Heirs to the Olmec society that cultivated the lowlands of Mesoamerica | 10 | |
| 314786711 | Olmecs | A Mesoamerican people who influenced the development of the Maya and Teotihuacan | 11 | |
| 314786712 | Terrace fields | What the Maya used to cultivate in the lowlands | 12 | |
| 314786713 | Teotihuacan | A society to the north of the Maya and a descendant of the Olmecs. It was very wealthy and had many skilled artisans. | 13 | |
| 314786714 | Maya | A people who established a series of independant states and city-states in Mesoamerica | 14 | |
| 314786715 | Maya | A people whose warfare involved capturing other warriors to serve as slaves or bleeding sacrifices | 15 | |
| 314786716 | calendar | An invention made by the Olmecs to record the year, day, and month to a pinpoint accuracy | 16 | |
| 314786717 | ball games | An intellectual advancement of the Olmec and Maya that also served religious purposes. | 17 | |
| 314786718 | Maya | A people who believed in multiple gods and pleasing them through blood letting rituals | 18 | |
| 314786719 | Chichen Itza | A Mayan state that tried to unify the Mayan people under one centralized rule. It assimilated captured soldiers into it's society and survived the Maya downfall in 800 C.E. | 19 |
