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| 3825763025 | "Inca" | "Noble" | 0 | |
| 3825772877 | Mayan Cities | Copan, Tikal, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Kukulkan Tulum | 1 | |
| 3825802554 | Mayan Ball Game | Considered the world's first spectator sport; had a Great Ballcourt in Chichen Itza; music was played--festival/festivities; originally thought that losers were sacrificed, but some say winners were sacrificed--but their family was guaranteed to be taken care of | 2 | |
| 3825816157 | Maya | Located on Yucatan peninsula; disappear in 9th century--thought to be caused by a 10 year drought--remains one of the great historical mysteries--cities disappeared; Classical Period: 3rd-9th centuries (their Golden Age); huge emphasis on mathematics--very advanced; believed to have a chief/king/leader; human blood sacrificing culture--human blood makes the world go round; didn't have a wheel; did not have pack animals; ball game; Quetzalcoatl; Bonompak murals; Mayan heiroglyphics; only four of their books (out of thousands) survive--Dresdin Codex, Popul Vuh; mathematical concept of zero; base 20 math system; Mayan calendar | 3 | |
| 3825975753 | Popul Vuh | "Book of the Community"--Mayan book; tells us everything we know about Mayan social life | 4 | |
| 3826071525 | Dresdin Codex | One of the only remaining Mayan books; written in Mayan hieroglyphs; studied the most--only recently figured out (deciphered)--because we were able to study it we cracked the code (of the Mayan hieroglyphs) | 5 | |
| 3826602944 | Mesoamerica | Refers to the region from the central portion of modern Mexico to Honduras and El Salvador | 6 | |
| 3826733109 | Maize | Staple crop of Mesoamerica | 7 | |
| 3826734730 | Olmecs | Predecessors of Maya; located around the Gulf of Mexico; "rubber people"; first ceremonial center c. 1200 BCE at modern-day San Lorenzo--served as capital for 400 yrs; ceremonial centers at La Venta and Tres Zapotes after San Lorenzo wanted; no complex irrigaiton system because region got a lot of rainfall--did have drainage systems (similar to Harappa); authoritarian society; huge human heads--prob. or rulers--sculpted from Basalt rock--main art feature--also had large stone sculptures and buildings; trade: jade and obsidian; made astronomical observations and created a calendar; invented a system of writing--little survives; human sacrifice | 8 |
