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| 11629571365 | Olmec | The first Mesoamerican civilization. 1200-400 B.C.E. cultural influence | 0 | |
| 11629592945 | Chavin | The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.). Its capital was located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavin became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region. | 1 | |
| 11629597222 | Llama | Only domesticated beast in the Americas before European arrival | 2 | |
| 11629609320 | Teotinuacan | Powerful city-state in central Mexico. 100-750 C.E. population more than 125,000 at peak in 450 C.E. | 3 | |
| 11629625977 | Chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 4 | |
| 11629631063 | Maya | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. | 5 | |
| 11629639389 | Toltecs | Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305) | 6 | |
| 11629648582 | Anasazi | Important culture of what is now the southwest (1000-1300 C.E.). Centered on Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Colorado, the Anasazi culture built multistory residences and worshipped in subterranean buildings called kivas. | 7 | |
| 11629654171 | Chiefdom | Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, they were based on gift giving and commercial links. | 8 | |
| 11629656950 | Ayllu | Andean lineage group or kin-based community. | 9 | |
| 11629659741 | Mita | Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations. | 10 | |
| 11629664699 | Moche | Civilization of North Coast Peru. 200-700 C.E. built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers with brick temples | 11 | |
| 11629678742 | Tiwanaku | Name of capital city and empire centered on the region near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia (375-1000 C.E.). (p. 315) | 12 | |
| 11629686749 | Wari | Andean Civilization culturally linked to Tiwanaku, perhaps one of its colonies | 13 | |
| 11629704387 | Chimú | A powerful civilization, also called Kingdom of Chimor, that developed on the northern coast of Peru from about 1200 to its conquest by an expanding Inka empire in the 1470s. Its capital city was Chan Chan. | 14 | |
| 11629724956 | Major states on post classic periods | Toltecs and Aztecs | 15 | |
| 11629737116 | The apex of Toltec power coincides with the development of alliance with this state | Culhuacan | 16 | |
| 11629748020 | One of the earliest examples of chiefdoms in North america was with the | Hopewell | 17 | |
| 11629771895 | The Tula and Toltec state went into steep decline as a result of internal power struggles and | External military threat from the north | 18 | |
| 11629781264 | The Anasazi lived in | Mound houses | 19 | |
| 11629800098 | This factor was likely the cause of the abandonment of Chaco Canyon | Weather | 20 | |
| 11629825257 | The toltec influence extending from the capital of Tula gradually expanded to include modern day | Central America | 21 | |
| 11629836066 | Social and political organization kn the North American tribes was dependent on | Chiefdoms | 22 | |
| 11629845664 | This group developed based on long distance trade | Hopewell | 23 | |
| 11629890631 | Most important civilization in the period of 1500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. in mesoamerica or the pre classic period was | Olmec | 24 | |
| 11629907839 | Chavin dominated a large population between 900 to 250 B.C.E. included these areas | Peruvian coastal plain and the andean foothills | 25 | |
| 11629924773 | Teotihaucan religion was | Polytheistic | 26 | |
| 11629935026 | This civilization practised human sacrifice in the Yucatan Peninsula | Maya | 27 | |
| 11629948162 | The maya practised this agriculture in cooler highlands | Terraced landscaping and irrigation | 28 | |
| 11629966407 | Collapse of teotihuacan in 650 C.E. | We don't know | 29 | |
| 11629976320 | Urban architecture of teotihuacan was dominated by | Religious architecture | 30 | |
| 11629990377 | Feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl was | The God of agriculture and the arts | 31 | |
| 11630053223 | Chinampas provided | Year round agriculture was possible | 32 | |
| 11630066613 | Main dietary staples of the Maya | Corn and beans | 33 | |
| 11630078421 | Maya society was primarily | Patrilineal | 34 | |
| 11630083802 | Women in Maya society were | Central to the religious and economic life of every home | 35 | |
| 11630089024 | Maya writing was | A form of hieroglyphic inscription | 36 | |
| 11630099132 | Earliest Mesoamerican civilization | Olmec | 37 |
