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| 260272437 | Great Migration | Paleolithic man wandered into the americas via the bering strait land bridge | 0 | |
| 260272438 | Mesoamerica | civs of mexico and central america main crop: corn/maize and potato | 1 | |
| 260272439 | Differences between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs | developed later, did not develop along major river systems, didn't have the wheel, human labor used, organized sport, slash and burn agriculture | 2 | |
| 260272440 | Differences between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs | llama=largest burden of animal, flat topped pyrimids for human sacrifice, sun god, Quetzalcoatl, dictatorial kings and strong priests, not unified nations | 3 | |
| 260272441 | Quetzalcoatl | feathered serpent, mesoamerica and river valley civs a god who will someday come back and rule his pep. in peace, light skinned bearded man | 4 | |
| 260272442 | Similarities between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs | built pyramids and temples, polytheistic(gods of nature), pyramid shaped society, trade, calendars, no women rights, arranged marriages by dad, warring among city-states | 5 | |
| 260272443 | Olmecs (1200-400 BCE) | famous civ of mesoamerica, east central mexico on gulf, first civ of meso, language un deciphered, chinampas, san lorenzo, la venta, sculptured heads | 6 | |
| 260272444 | Olmecs (1200-400 BCE) | famous civ of meso, pyramid of the sun: on top of cave-life came upward from navel, pyramid of moon: dedicated to Que., avenue of dead, good traders | 7 | |
| 260272445 | Olmecs Trades | obsidian, shells, copal, tree resin used in incense, feathers | 8 | |
| 260272446 | Avenue of the Dead | Olmecs, north to south roadway, lined with temples | 9 | |
| 260272447 | Teotihuacan (150 BCE-750 CE) | famous civ of meso, located near modern mexico city, one of worlds large cities of ancient times, taken over by mayans | 10 | |
| 260272448 | Maya (250-900 CE) | famous civ of meso, present day yucatan peninsula,belize,guatemala, city-states, kings=shamans, largest city=tikal, highest pop. 3 mill, large empire | 11 | |
| 260272449 | Maya (250-900 CE) | serpents and jaguars worshiped, hierogyphic lang.=most advanced in meso, mayan calender, | 12 | |
| 260272450 | Shamans | kings in maya, mediums between the spirits and real world; medicine man | 13 | |
| 260272451 | Theories of Collapse of Maya | overuse of land, volcanic activity, disease or city-state rivarly; overpopulation | 14 | |
| 260272452 | Aztec (1300-1520 CE) | famous civ of meso, aka mexica, yucatan peninsula, most famous city=tenochtitlan, warior group created emp, women rights, human sacrifices, conqured by spanish | 15 | |
| 260272453 | Most famous gods in Aztec | jaguar god, featherhead serpent, sun god (Huitzilopochtli), sun gods form=hummingbird | 16 | |
| 260272454 | Women Rigths in Aztec | own property, sign business contracts independantly | 17 | |
| 260272455 | Human Sacrifices in Aztec | sun drew energy on human blood, estimated 20,000 per year, conqured slaves and aztecs | 18 | |
| 260272456 | Spanish Conqest of Aztec | 1500s under leadership of Hernan Corted; led to spanish domination of mexico and central america until 1800s | 19 | |
| 260272457 | Andean Civs | most societies lived in clans called ayllu | 20 | |
| 260272458 | Chavin (850-250 BCE) | earliest civ of the andes | 21 | |
| 260272459 | Nazca (100-800 CE) | civ of andean civs, configurated lines on top of mountains | 22 | |
| 260272460 | Inca (1300-1536 CE) | civ of andean, andes mount. from chile to ecuador to amazon river basin, ruler=great inca, capital=cuzco, famous temple=machu picchu, warrior group created emp. | 23 | |
| 260272461 | Inca (1300-1536 CE) | civ of andean, metallurgy, terrace farming, mit'a, no writing system, quipo, road system, unified empire, conqured by spanish in 1500s, temple of sun god | 24 | |
| 260272462 | Mit'a | enforced labor in Inca | 25 | |
| 260272463 | Great Inca | inca ruler, descendant of sun god, punishable by death to look at him | 26 | |
| 260272464 | Quipo | inca, knots tied in cords used for counting | 27 |
