Chapter 14 Pre-Columbian America

Civilization that lived on the Yucatan Peninsula between A.D. 300-900

• Olmec
• Aztec
• Maya
• Inca

Multi-storied structures made of stone and adobe

• tepees
• longhouses
• pyramids
• pueblos

corn

• maize
• adobe
• quipu

Circular tent made by stretching buffalo hides over wooden poles

• pueblos
• longhouses
• tepees
• pyramids

A region that extends from present-day Mexico to Central America

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Mesoamerica
• Bering Strait
• Caribbean

A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records

• maize
• heiroglyphics
• adobe
• quipu

Sun-dried brick

• clay
• adobe
• cement
• stucco

A group of related families

• clan
• tribe
• generation
• civilization

Civilization that flourished in the Valley of Mexico

• Hopewell
• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca

Rectangular home built by Iraquios to house about a dozen families

• Pueblos
• Longhouses
• Temples
• Tepees