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| Mesoamerica | region of North America, including Mexico and Central America, in which civilizations with common cultural features developed before Europeans entered the continent 6/1 |
| Maize | corn 6/1 |
| Olmecs | the earliest American civilization, located along the Gulf Coast of Mexico from about 1500 B.C. to 400 B.C. 6/1 |
| Stela | in the ancient world, a tall, commemorative monument that was often decorated 6/1 |
| Valley of Mexico | valley in Mexico in which the numerous Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Aztecs, arose 6/1 |
| Tenochtitlan | capital city of the Aztec empire, on which modern-day Mexico City was built 6/1 |
| Chinampas | in the Aztec empire, artificial islands used to cultivate crops and made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the lake-bed with willow trees 6/1 |
| Tribute | payment that conquered peoples may be forced to pay their conquerors 6/1 |
| Teotihuacan | city that dominated the Valley of Mexico from about A.D. 200 to A.D. 750 and that influenced the culture of later Mesoamerican peoples 6/1 |
| Chavin | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. 6/2 |
| Moche | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 400 B.C. to A.D. 600 6/2 |
| Adobe | a mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries in the sun and that can be used for building 6/2 |
| Nazca | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 600 6/2 |
| Huari | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 600?A.D. 1000 6/2 |
| Tiahuanaco | a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 200-A.D. 1000 6/2 |
| Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui | a skilled warrior and leader, proclaimed himself Sapa Inca, or emperor. 6/2 |
| Sapa Inca | the title of the Inca emperor 6/2 |
| Cuzco | capital city of the Inca empire 6/2 |
| Quipu | knotted strings used by Inca officials for record-keeping 6/2 |
| Ayllu | in the Inca empire, a close-knit village 6/2 |
| Inti | the Inca sun god 6/2 |
| Mesa Verde | the largest complex of Anasazi cliff-dwellings in the United States Southwest, built between about A.D. 1150 and A.D. 1300 6/3 |
| Pueblo | Native American village of the United States Southwest 6/3 |
| Pueblo Bonito | the largest Anasazi pueblo, built in New Mexico in the A.D. 900s 6/3 |
| Kiva | large underground chamber that the Anasazi used for religious ceremonies and political meetings 6/3 |
| Earthwork | an embankment or other construction made of earth 6/3 |
| Cahokia | in Illinois, the largest earthwork of the Mississippian culture, c. A.D. 700 6/3 |
| Potlatch | among Native American groups of the Northwest Coast, ceremonial gift-giving by people of high rank and wealth 6/3 |
| Iroquois League | political alliance of five Iroquois groups, known as the Five Nations, in the late 1500s 6/3 |
