1	Popol Vuh		_____	stories that explains how the world began
2	Creation Story		_____	land, usually level, at a low elevation
3	Maya		_____	an ancient manuscript text in book form.
4	Highlands		_____	a farming system that is in the form of steps going up a mountain
5	codex		_____	A book containing a version of the Mayan story of creation.
6	Monte Alban		_____	Tropical tree whose seeds are used to make chocolate and cocoa
7	Slash and burn agriculture		_____	"Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America
8	lowland		_____	An area of high or mountainous land
9	Cacao		_____	a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
10	Olmec		_____	Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.
11	Mesoamerica		_____	a mountain chain of western South America
12	Inca Civilization		_____	Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca
13	Andes		_____	A pre-Columbian civilization in the Andes Mountains. The Inca excelled at engineering, and developed new food crops like potatoes.
14	Terrace Farming		_____	The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.
15	Machu Picchu		_____	First urban center in the Americas, built by the Zapotec