The Earth and It's Peoples
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| 5168841539 | Teotihuacan | Capital of the Aztec Empire. Population of 125,000 on eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City sits on its grounds. | 0 | |
| 5168841541 | Maya | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never a unified state | 1 | |
| 5168841542 | Toltecs | Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1175 c.e.). Influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claim ties to earlier civilization. | 2 | |
| 5168841543 | Aztecs | aka. Mexica. Created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 c.e.) | 3 | |
| 5168841544 | Moche | Civilization in Northern Peru (200-700 c.e.) important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples. | 4 | |
| 5168841545 | Inca | Largest and most powerful Andean empire. From pacific coast of South America to Ecuador to Chile to its capital Cuzco | 5 | |
| 5168841546 | Khipus | System of knotted colored cord used by the preliterate Andean peoples as a form of communication | 6 | |
| 5168841547 | Tribute System | Defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods or labor. (Aztec and Incas) | 7 | |
| 5168841548 | Anasazi | Important culture of what is now the southwest United States (700-1300 c.e.). Had multistory residences and worshipped in kivas. | 8 | |
| 5168841549 | Wari | Andean civilization culturally linked to Tiwanaku | 9 | |
| 5168841550 | Mit'a | Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations. | 10 | |
| 5173997957 | Chinampas | Raised fields constructed along shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 11 |
