Linguistics
Lingua franca of the Mexica empire
What is Nahuatl
The farming technique famously used by the Mexica
What are chinampas
This animal, often depicted in Mississippian and Hopewell art, was a powerful symbol of transformation and renewal
What is a serpent or snake
Ancestral Puebloan site in Colorado contains well-preserved cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace
What is Mesa Verde
Remote sensing technology that uses laser light to measure distances and create 3D models of the real world
What is LiDAR
South American knotted cord device for record-keeping
What are quipu
The city of Machu Picchu was rediscovered by this American explorer in 1911
Who is Hiram Bingham
This civilization is famous for their giant stone heads
Who are the Olmec
The names of three Mexica capitals of the Triple Alliance
What are Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan
The Maya would throw sacrifices into these natural bodies of water
What are cenotes
The primary language of the Inca Empire, still spoken by millions today, is this indigenous language
What is Quechua
Pre-columbian city home to the Feathered Serpent Pyramid
What is Teotihuacan
the name of a mesoamerican statue with a bowl on its stomach
what is a chacmool
Mesoamerican societies used this sacred book, written in K’iche’ Maya, to record their mythology and history.
What is the Popol Vuh?
The largest pre-Columbian city north of Mexico
What is Cahokia
Algonquian languages spoken by groups like the Ojibwe and Blackfoot, are primarily found in this region of North America
What is the Great Lakes region
The two gods worshipped at the Templo Mayor
Who are Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc
This term refers to brightly colored, sand-based artwork created in the Southwest for Navajo healing ceremonies
This tribe performed mortuary cannibalism until the mid 1960s
Who are the Wari
Weapon used in mesoamerica made from embedded obsidian blades in a wooden paddle
what is a macuahuitl
The word "moose" comes from a language in this major Native American language family
What is Algonquian
In 1996 the discovery of this ancient skeleton in Washington state sparked debates about the ancestry of early North Americans
Who is the Kennewick Man
The massive murals at Teotihuacan are devoid of what
This Inca ruler expanded the empire dramatically and is credited with establishing many of its institutions including the administrative and road systems
Who is Pachacuti?
Oldest mummies in the world
Chinchorro mummies