Ch. 17 of Traditions and Encounters: A Brief Global History 2nd. Edt.
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| 275695727 | Aboriginal Peoples | Indigenous peoples of the Australian continent. | 0 | |
| 275695728 | ali'i nui | Hawaiian class of high chiefs. | 1 | |
| 275695729 | ayllu | communities that consisted of several families who lived together, sharing land, tools animals, crops, and work. (similar to the Mexica Calpulli) | 2 | |
| 275695730 | Aztec | Central American empires constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma. | 3 | |
| 275695731 | Cahokia | Large structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound - building peoples; it was the third largest structure in the America's before the arrival of the Europeans. | 4 | |
| 275695732 | calpulli | An organizational unit and geographical area of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. r | 5 | |
| 275695733 | Chimu | Pre - Incan South American society that fell to the Incas in the late 15th century. | 6 | |
| 275695734 | chinampa system | Style of agriculture used by Mexica (Aztecs) in which fertile muck from lack bottoms was dredged and built up into small plots. | 7 | |
| 275695735 | Cuzco | A town in the Andes in Southern Peru; former capital of the Inca empire. | 8 | |
| 275695736 | Huitzilopochtli | Sun God and patron Deity of the Aztecs. | 9 | |
| 275695737 | Inca | Powerful South American empire that would reach its peak in the fifteenth century during the feigns of Pachacuti Inca and Topa Inca. | 10 | |
| 275695738 | Inti | the sun god and major deity of the Inca. | 11 | |
| 275695739 | Iroquios | Eastern American Indian confederations made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes. | 12 | |
| 275695740 | kapu | Hawaiian concept of something being taboo. | 13 | |
| 275695741 | marae | Polynesian temple structure. | 14 | |
| 275695742 | Mexica | An indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who became the rulers of the Aztec empire. | 15 | |
| 275695743 | Nahuatl | Ancient language of the Valley of Mexico, and language of the Aztec empire. | 16 | |
| 275695744 | Nan Madol | Place of a massive stone palace and administrative center. | 17 | |
| 275695745 | Navajo | Native American group that settled in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. | 18 | |
| 275695746 | Pachacuti | Ruler of the Inca society from 1438 to 1471, whose military campaigns greatly extended Inca control. | 19 | |
| 275695747 | Polynesians | mariners who sailed to discover islands such as Tahiti, Hawaii, and New Zealand; domesticated new foods such as the sweet potato. | 20 | |
| 275695748 | Pueblo | Native American groups native to what is now the southwestern United States, called such because they lived in communal adobe homes called pueblos. | 21 | |
| 275695749 | Quechua | South American ethnic group of Peru who were once the ruling people of the Inca empire. | 22 | |
| 275695750 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs; was believed to have been defeated by another god and exiled, and he promised to return. | 23 | |
| 275695751 | quipu | Incan mnemonic aid comprised of different colored strings and knots that served to record events in the absence of written text. | 24 | |
| 275695752 | Tenochtitlan | Capital city of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City. | 25 | |
| 275695753 | Teotihuacan | Central American society (200 B.C.E - 750 C.E.); its Pyramid of the Sun was the largest structure in Mesoamerica. | 26 | |
| 275695754 | Tezcatlipoca | A central deity in the Aztec religion. | 27 | |
| 275695755 | Toltecs | Central American society (950 - 1150) that was centered around the city of Tula. | 28 | |
| 275695756 | Viracocha | A deity in the Inca religion believed to have been responsible for the creation of civilization. | 29 |
