Ancient Americas vocabulary

Native Americans who ruled Mexico and area before the Spanish conquered it. Built an empire around Tenochtitlan.

• Aztec
• Maya
• Inca
• Olmec

Narrow strips of land created that were surrounded by canals, built by the Aztecs for farming

• terrace
• chinampas
• isthmus
• agriculture

a Spanish conqueror of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

• Quipu
• Montezuma
• Spaniard
• conquistador

An empire of South American Indian people living in the central Andes Mountains (Peru)

• Maya
• Inca
• Olmec
• Aztec

Narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses

• peninsula
• isthmus
• island
• bay

Meso-American Indian people of Yucatan Peninsula between 250-900 AD

• Maya
• Inca
• Aztec
• Olmec

Region including central and southern Mexico and much of Central America

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Central America
• Mesoamerica
• Andes Mountain

Last Aztec emperor who was overthrown by the Spanish conquistadors

• Amazon
• Andes
• Pizarro
• Montezuma

Culture that influences the customs and ideas of later cultures.

• mother culture
• father culture
• cultural diffusion
• first culture

Earliest major Mesoamerican culture

• Olmec
• Inca
• Maya
• Amazon