| A | B |
| Maya | their major city was Tikal |
| Olmec | first to domesticate turkey and dog |
| Toltec | destroyed in civil war |
| Aztec | conquered by Hernan Cortez |
| Adena-Hopewells | constructed mounds in North America |
| Mississippians | their capital was Cahokia |
| Anasazi | built pueblo cities in New Mexico |
| Inca | built 64,000 miles of roads in Peru |
| Pizarro | conquered the Incan Empire |
| Mesa Verde | a major settlement of the Anasazi |
| Kiva | a sacred Anasazi meeting place |
| Great Sun | leader of the Missippians |
| Tenochtitlan | capital city of the Aztecs |
| Quetzacoatl | a myth of the Toltecs, used by Cortez |
| tlachtli | Mayan basketball |