Module 13: People & Empires of the Americas (voc)

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Maize

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An early form of corn cultivated and grown by Native Americans of Mesoamerica

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Mesoamerica

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Mexico and Central America

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Mayan Hieroglyphics

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Writing system with pictographic images; considered evil and destroyed by the Spanish

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Codex

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An unbound manuscript of ancient classic writing system from Mesoamerica (as distinguished from a scroll)

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Quipu

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An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.

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Tenochtitlan

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Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.

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Quetzalcoatl

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Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes and the Spanish

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Montezuma II

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Last Aztec emperor, taken over by Cortez

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Teotihuacan

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First major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 AD. Remembered for the gigantic 'pyramid of the sun'.

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Olmec

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The earliest-known Mesoamerican civilization, which flourished around 1200 B.C. and influenced later societies throughout the region.