Mesoamerica Vocab

1. - Stepped platforms built into a hill or mountainside that provides additional area for building or agriculture.
3. - The Andes are the _______ tallest mountain range in the world
5. - Mesoamerica’s first civilization starting in 1200 BC on the Gulf of Mexico coast; known for sculpting massive stone heads.
8. - A jungle filled peninsula extending into the Gulf of Mexico, home to the Maya Civilization
11. - This civilization stretched along the Pacific coast of South America; known for building cities high in the Andes Mountains with a strong government
12. - lands stretching from southern Mexico through Central America, into South America, home to many civilizations.
15. - These went extinct when something crazy happened at the Chicxulub Crater
16. - The Maya built these massive pointed structures similar to a particular North African country

2. - A city that sits high in the Andes Mountains, safe from Spanish Conquest, home to many Inca people.
4. - Spanish conquerors who used advanced weapons and horse, and sought riches from Mesoamerican civilizations
6. - Mesoamerican civilization who lived on the Yucatan Peninsula;
7. - Country home to Machu Picchu
9. - A silent killer brought by conquistadors to Mesoamerica
10. - Books made of tree-bark paper that recorded Mayan, and other Mesoamerican people’s history
13. - This group was safer than other Mesoamerican groups from conquistadors
14. - known for perfecting corn harvesting, human sacrifices, astronomy, and games.
17. - Lived in southern Mexico and known for thriving mega-cities and fierce warriors