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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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| City at the center of the Incan Empire. |
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| The basic unit of money in Peru. |
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| an empire that ruled much of South America prior to European rule. |
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| Domesticated llama with long silky fleece. |
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| A stone tree carved with pictures to tell a message- created by the Mayans. |
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| Mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes. |
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| People who flourished along the mesoamerian coast of the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 AD to 400 BC. |
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| Praise, honor or gifts given to show respect or to show thanks. |
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| Huge drawings made by the Nazca people by scraping the surface of a rocky plain and which can only be properly observed by the air. |
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| City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from 100AD to 750AD. |
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| First influential culture in South America, which flourished from around 900 BC. to 200 BC. |
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| Knotted strings represented numbers used to keep records in the Inca empire. |
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| pueblo Indians pit house, which served as a ceremonial chamber or clubhouse of the men. |
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| The capital of the ancient Aztec empire on the site of present-day Mexico City. |
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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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| First influential culture in South America, which flourished from around 900 BC to 200 BC. |
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| The area between North America, including Mexico and Central America. |
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| With a body length of over 3 feet and a weight of more than 100 pounds. |
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| Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before Aztec's domination. |
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