In the 16th century, Eurasian diseases such as _______ and _______ caused the death of more than 90% of indigenous peoples, resulting in great losses to their societies and cultures.

From the year 7000 a. C., the cultivation of cacao, corn, beans, tomato, avocado, vanilla, pumpkin and chili, represented a transition from the tribal groupings of hunter-gatherers towards an organization of ___________ peoples.

Mesoamerican civilizations are credited with many inventions: building pyramid-temples, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, writing, ________________, fine arts, intensive agriculture, engineering, an abacus calculator, and _______________.

Mesoamerica is one of only three regions in the world where writing is known to have developed independently, the other two regions being ancient ______ and _________.

In the center of Mexico, the city of Tenochtitlan, inhabited by the _______; It flourished with the heyday of the Classic period where it formed a military and commercial empire whose political influence spread southwards, influencing the _______ culture.

During the early post-Classic period, Central Mexico was dominated by the _____ culture, and Oaxaca by the _____.

The distinct Mesoamerican cultural tradition ended with the _________________________________ in the 16th century.

The biggest Mesoamerican cities, such as __________, Tenochtitlan, Chichen-Itza and Tikal, were among the largest ceremonial centers in the world.

_____is the ruin of an ancient city belonging to the Mayan culture, which was probably called Yax Mutal, and which is located in a tropical jungle in __________.