1. Ch.9 and 16 Americas

2. THE ANIMAL THAT APPEARS IN MANY OLMEC CARVINGS, SOMETIMES IN A HALF-HUMAN, HALF-ANIMAL FORM. Jaquar

3. THE OLDEST KNOWN SITE OF AN OLMEC COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS GIANT STONE MONUMENTS SET AMONG EARTHEN STRUCTURES. San Lorenzo

4. THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS THAT STRETCH ABOUT 4500 MILES DOWN THE WESTERN EDGE OF SOUTH AMERICA. Andes Mts.

5. THE AREA FROM CENTRAL MEXICO SOUTH TO NORTHERN HONDURAS; SITE OF THE AMERICAS’ EARLIEST COMPLEX SOCIETIES Mesoamerica

6. THE FIRST CITY IN THE AMERICAS, IT INCLUDED A PAVED PLAZA, PYRAMIDS, TEMPLES, PALACES, AND AN OBSERVATORY. Monte Alban

7. CITY BUILDERS IN THE OAXACA VALLEY, MEXICO, WHO DEVELOPED HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING AND A CALENDAR SYSTEM. Zapotec

8. THE MESOAMERICAN CULTURE THAT SCULPTED COLOSSAL HEADS AND HELF RITUAL BALL GAMES. Olmec

9. A UNION OF 3 CITY-STATES, INCLUDING TENOCHTITLAN, THAT BUILT A HUGE EMPIRE BY THE EARLY 1500’S. Triple Alliance

10. THE FEATHERED SERPENT; A GOD OF MANY ANCIENT MEXICAN PEOPLES, WHO WAS EXPECTED TO USHER IN A REIGN OF PEACE. Quetzalcoatl

11. A HIEROGLYPHIC SYMBOL IN THE MAYA WRITING SYSTEM. Glyph

12. A CITY-STATE RULED BY A MAYA GOD-KING IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA. Tikal

13. THE AZTEC EMPEROR 915020 WHO DEMANDED GREATER TRIBUTES AND SACRIFICES, AND UNDER WHOM THE EMPIRE WEAKENED. Montezuma II

14. THE INCA RULER (1438) WHO LED THE INCA TO CONQUER ALL OF PERU AND SOME NEIGHBORING LANDS. Pachacuti

15. THE INCAN LABOR TRIBUTE THAT REQUIRED ALL ABLE- BODIED CITIZENS TO WORK FOR THE STATE A NUMBER OF DAYS A YEAR. Mita

16. A BARK-PAPER BOOK IN WHICH THE MAYA RECORED IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS. Codex

17. A BOOK THAT RECOUNTS THE HIGHLAND MAYA’S VERSION OF THE STORY OF CREATION. Popol Vuh

18. THE GREEN OR BLACK VOLCANIC GLASS FOUND IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO AND ONCE USED TO MAKE RAZOR- SHARP WEAPONS. Obsidian

19. AN EXTENDED FAMILY GROUP AMONG THE INCAS, WHICH COOPERATED TO PERFORM TASKS TOO BIG FOR A SINGLE FAMILY. Ayllu