Around 10,000 years ago people in the area known as Mexico learned to plant this food which is known as a type of corn

This is a society ruled by religious leaders associated with the Maya people

These people are known for being skilled hunters and fishers and built igloos and other things to protect them from severe weather

This is a shared tradition and behavior that has changed over time

This is a developed system of writing in which symbols or pictures represented things, ideas, or sounds

These are great stone dwellings that were built by Spanish Explorers

This movement is a process of going from one area to another. Nomads were also known for this due to their search for food and hunting grounds

The largest of these thrived in Mexico, Central America, and South America and included the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca

This is the organization of groups of related families

This can be used to measure how old an artifact actually is

This is the largest of all early American civilizations

These people were desert dwellers and were experts at maximizing their few sources of water with irrigation

This is a land bridge or strip of land that connects northeastern Asia to what is now called Alaska

This is associated with the Inca culture and was used to support the high population of food and put into deep slopes to grow crops

These people now called the Mississippians built the largest known earthworks complex in present-day Illinois