| A | B |
|---|
| Mesoamerica | Ancient region including presentday Mexico adn most of Central America. |
| Teotihuacan | Aztec city in the Vally of Mexico |
| Cuzco | City in southern Peru. |
| Cahokia | City in southwestern Illinois on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. |
| Olmec | A group of people who built a far-reaching trading empire. |
| Maya | A group of people who built another civilization in the steamy rain forest of the Yucantan Peninsula. |
| Toltec | A group of people who seized what is now northern Mexico. |
| Moche | A group of people were located in the dry desert of what is now Peru. |
| Inca | A group of people that took the work of empire building. |
| Hohokam | A group of prople who planted gardens on lands between the Salt and Gila Rivers. |
| Anasazi | A grou of people who moved into the region's canyons and cliffs who also did not rely on rivers for irrigation. |
| glacier | Huge sheet of ice. |
| monopoly | Control of all (or almost all) trade or prodution of a certain good. |
