Module 13 Vocab

an ancient manuscript text of the Maya that was written in a paper bark book. Only 3 books have survived.

• Zapotec

• Quipu

• Codex

• Chavin

A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava

• Beringia

• Chavin

• Obsidian

• Zapotec

corn

• Tikal

• Quipu

• Nazca

• Maize

in the Inca Empire, the requirement that all able-bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year.

• Montezuma I

• Mita

• Tikal

• Ayllu

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

• Glyph

• Tikal

• Quipu

• Codex

Answer explanation

The Maya king of Palenque had a temple built in the city to record his achievements.

• Quetzalcoatl

• Pacal

• Montezuma

• Pachacuti

A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home to the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.

• Mesoamerica

• Zapotec

• Monte Alban

• Moche Civilization

an early Mesoamerican civilization that was centered in the Oaxaca Valley of what is now Mexico

• Mayan

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• Aztec

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

• Quetzalcoatl

• Pachacuti

• Pacal

• Montezuma

The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.

• Olmec

• Zapotec

• Codex

• Chavin