Topic 9: Early Americas

Annual plants that were cultivated as food crops because of the edible seeds.

• Amaranth

• Nahuatl

• Earthworks

• Maize

The language spoken by the Aztec and Tolec civilizations of Mexico.

• Amaranth

• Nahuatl

• Earthworks

• Maize

Embankments or other construction made of dirt.

• Amaranth

• Nahuatl

• Earthworks

• Maize

Corn

• Amaranth

• Nahuatl

• Earthworks

• Maize

From the time before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America.

• Pre-Columbian

• Geoglyphs

• Obsidian

Large-scale designs created in a landscaping by aligning rocks or gravel or removing soil, which are visible only from a distance or above.

• Pre-Columbian

• Geoglyphs

• Obsidian

A dark natural glass formed by lava.

• Pre-Columbian

• Geoglyphs

• Obsidian

Straw, reeds, or other similar material

• Thatch

• Vertical archipelago

• Quipu

A collective term for an Incan community and the group of settlements it established in various ecological zones

• Thatch

• Vertical archipelago

• Quipu

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

• Thatch

• Vertical archipelago

• Quipu