Vocabulary List: Early Mesoamerican Civilizations

Overview

• Grade Level: 6th Grade

• Topic: Early Mesoamerican Civilizations

• Number of Words: 50

Vocabulary Words

1. Mesoamerica -A historical and cultural area from southern Mexico to El Salvador, developed early civilizations with writing, cities, specific architecture, religion, classes.

2. Olmec-

3. Maya

4. Aztec

5. Teotihuacan

6. Chichen Itza

7. Tikal

8. Pyramid

9. Ball Game

10. Cacao

11. Hieroglyphics

12. City-States

13. Trade

14. Agriculture

15. Religion

16. Polytheism

17. Quetzalcoatl

18. Huitzilopochtli

19. Sacrifice

20. Calendar

21. Social Structure

22. Architecture

23. Art

24. Mathematics

25. Astronomy

26. Terracing

27. Cotton

28. Corn

29. Beans

30. Squash

31. Three Sisters

32. Milpa

33. Nomadic

34. Settled

35. Urbanization

36. Rituals

37. Cenote

38. Step Pyramid

39. Codex

40. Inca

41. Sun God

42. Temple

43. Spanish Conquest

44. Indigenous

45. Civilization

46. Tradition

47. Agrarian

48. Feasting

49. Craftsmanship

50. Heritage

51. Cultural Exchange