Mesoamerica Vocabulary Quiz

Also known as Middle America, this geographic area includes the southern part of Mexico and much of Central America.

Made up mostly of broad lowlands, this area stretches into, and divides, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

A type of corn that is used to make many types of food including tortillas.

A type of tree that grows well in moist, hot tropical climates. The beans were used to make a chocolate drink.

The first people to develop a major civilization in Mesoamerica in what is present-day Mexico.

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A people group mainly located in the lowlands of Mesoamerica of present-day Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico.

This king took the throne at age 12 and ruled for nearly 70 years. He is considered to be one of the greatest Mayan kings.

A type of book that is created from screen-folded paper

Also known as the "Place of the Prickly Pear," this city is the location of modern-day Mexico city.

Was the emperor at the height of the Aztec Empire when it was conquered by Spanish conquistadors.

A Spanish conquistador who was looking for gold and glory for Spain. This explorer successfully conquered Tenochtitlan.

Under the leadership of this emperor, also called the"Earth Mover", the Incans moved their capital city to Cuzco and conquered all of Peru.

Runners who carried messages up and down the length of the Incan empire.

This Spanish conquistador who killed Atahualpa and brought about the fall of the Incan Empire.