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| 8202835707 | Teotihuacan Mexico (100-75 C.E.). P | Powerful city-state. Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600. | 0 | |
| 8202892553 | Chinampas E | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. Chinampas were so fertile and productive that cultivators were sometimes able to harvest seven crops per year from their gardens. | 1 | |
| 8202940002 | Tenochtitlan P | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins | 2 | |
| 8205780569 | Huitzilopochitli C | Aztec tribal patron god; central figure of cult of human sacrifice and warfare; identified with old sun god | 3 | |
| 8205803733 | Cahokia Confederation E/I | an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200. | 4 | |
| 8205828702 | Ayllus p/s | In Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler | 5 | |
| 8205856101 | Chichen Itza p/c | A Mayan state that tried to unify the Mayan people under one centralized rule. It assimilated captured soldiers into it's society and survived the Maya downfall in 800 C.E. | 6 | |
| 8205878219 | Chinampa Calpulli e/i | Beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes to create "floating islands"; system of irrigated agriculture used by Aztecs. | 7 | |
| 8205912605 | Quetzalcoatl c | Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes | 8 | |
| 8205931551 | Pueblo s/i | a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock. | 9 | |
| 8205941799 | Matriarchy p/s | is when women have political roles and moral authority. There are no know societies, but there is thought that societies with indigenous people in Asia and Africa had a matriarchal society. | 10 | |
| 8205965745 | Cuzco & Quipu c/p | The capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru/An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. | 11 |
