Indigenous America Vocabulary

Which region does Mesoamerica comprise?

• Modern day countries of northern South America

• Modern day countries of northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico

• Modern day countries of southern South America

• Modern day countries of eastern South America

What is the Chavin Civilization known for?

• Being the last of the great Mesoamerican cultures before the Europeans arrived

• Being a communal village of flat-roofed structures

• One of the earliest pre-Inca cultures, located in the northern and central Andes. The religious center was an important Andean pilgrimage site.

• Being an ancient Native American culture that spanned the Four Corners region of the United States

What is the Lanzón?

• A form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture

• A granite stela that is associated with the Chavin culture

• A cliff dwelling located in Colorado

• A prehistoric effigy mound located in Ohio

Which of these best describes the Maya?

• A civilization in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize and western Honduras

• A civilization located in Colorado

• A civilization in the Andes Mountain area of Peru

• A civilization located in what is today Mexico City

What is a Chacmool?

• A communal village of flat-roofed structures

• A form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture depicting a reclining figure

• A cliff dwelling located in Colorado

• A prehistoric effigy mound

Which culture is associated with the Anasazi Civilization?

• The Aztec civilization

• The ancestral puebloans

• The Maya civilization

• The Chavin civilization

What are Pueblos?

• A form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture

• A granite stela associated with the Chavin culture

• A communal village of flat-roofed structures of many stories that are stacked in terraces

• A cliff dwelling located in Colorado

What is Mesa Verde known for?

• Being a prehistoric effigy mound located in Ohio

• Being the capital city of the Aztec Empire

• Pueblos built within cliffs that housed many people and located in Colorado

• Being the last of the great Mesoamerican cultures before the Europeans arrived

What is the Great Serpent Mound?

• A form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture

• A communal village of flat-roofed structures

• A cliff dwelling located in Colorado

• A prehistoric effigy mound located in Ohio

What were the Aztecs known for?

• ceremonial mounds along the Mississippi River

• Cliff dwellings in Colorado and people that just disappeared

• large pyramids and plaza in what is today Mexico City and people who had sacrificial ceremonies

• Fortress like structures in Peru made to be "earthquake proof"