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| Praise, honor or gifts given to show respect or to show thanks. |
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| City that dominated teh valley of Mexico from 100ad to 750ad. |
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| An animal that had a body length of 3 feet and weighed more than 100 pounds, and this animal had webbed feet that let be able to swim. |
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| The basic unit of of money in Peru. |
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| Huge drawing made by the Nazca people by scraping the surface of a rocky plain and which can only be properly observed from the air. |
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| Culture that flourished along the northern coast of Peru from around A.D. 100 to A.D. 700. |
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| Knotted strings representing numbers used to keep records in the Inca empire. |
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| A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519. |
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| City at the center of the Inca Empire. |
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| Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before Aztec's domination. |
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| People who flourished along the Mesoamerican coast of the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 B.C. to 400 B.C. |
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| A stone tree carved with pictures to tell a message created by the Mayans. |
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| The area between North America and South America including Mexico and Central America. |
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| An empire that ruled much of South America prior to European rule. |
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| First influential culture in South America, which flourished from aroun 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. |
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| Domestic llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of guanaco. |
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| Floating gardens created by weaving reeds together and adding soil on top often 30 X 330. |
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| The capitol of the ancient Aztec empire on the site of present-day Mexico City. |
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| Mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes. |
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| Pueblo Indians pit house, which served as a ceremonial chamber or clubhouse of the men. It was located in the central place in the Pueblo. |
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