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| 11222550843 | the first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., the Olmec people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction. Influenced other mesoamerican civilizations | Olmec |  | 0 |
| 11222855292 | a Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E.. | Mayan |  | 1 |
| 11222866099 | (1200-1521) emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious, and commercial organization that brought many city-states under their control | Aztec |  | 2 |
| 11223043099 | empire that went from northern Ecuador to central Chile and had well-devised agricultural and road systems, along with a centralized religion and language, and helped maintain a cohesive state. | Inca |  | 3 |
| 11223823750 | 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. (pg 308) | Anasazi |  | 4 |
| 11224657695 | an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways. | Quipu |  | 5 |
