Exam 3 Key Terms

Modern-day Mexico City, Aztec capital

• Tijuana

• Fresno

• Tenochtitlan

The modern-day region spanning between North and South America

• Mesoamerica

• South America

• West America

Religious text of Islam

• The Bible

• Torah

• Qur'an

Rulers that came after the death of Muhammad

• Calebs

• Caliphs

• Pharaohs

Process of boiling maize in water and lime

• Acidification

• Nixtamalization

• Cornification

Language of the Toltecs and the Aztecs

• Nahuatl

• Spanish

• Quechua

City-state that dominated trade in classical Mesoamerica

• Teotihuacan

• Timbuktu

• Teegan

Language of the Incas, still spoken in Peru today

• Nahuatl

• Quechua

• Spanish

System of knotted and colored strings used to record info

• Knotwork

• Calendar

• Khipu

Oldest of the Mesoamerican civilizations

• Olmecs

• Aztecs

• Mayans