A term used to describe cultural developments in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquest of the region

Region that covers central Mexico and most parts of Central America. The areas marked as occupied by the Aztec and Maya

Refers to regions around the Andes Mountains in South America

Another name for an American Indian.

A classical civilization of Mesoamerica located in present-day Mexico; declined around AD 900.

A classical civilization of Mesoamerica; destroyed by Spanish conquerors in 1521

A classical civilization located in the Andes Mountains of present-day South America; destroyed by Spanish conquerors in 1537

A civilization marked by great achievements.

A pre-classical Mesoamerican civilization; earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica.

Having to do with a belief that there is more than one god

A day in which the sun crosses the plane of the equator, making night and day of about equal length; occurs around March 21

Spanish soldiers who conquered Mexico and Central and South America.

Small, human-made islands that are built up and used for farming; developed as a farming technique in the Valley of Mexico

A pre-Classical Andean civilization that came before the Inca.

A group of knotted strings of various colors attached to each other; used by the ancient Inca for recording events or maintaining financial records.