Mesoamerica Vocab Quiz

A bean used to make chocolate.

• lowland

• highland

• cacao

• maize

A type of land that is high above the sea.

• cacao

• highland

• lowland

• maize

A type of land that is low and level.

• cacao

• highland

• lowland

• maize

A type of corn first domesticated by early Mesoamericans.

• cacao

• highland

• lowland

• maize

A civilization that greatly influences other civilizations.

• mother culture

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• terrace

• codex

A method of clearing fields for farming.

• mother culture

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• terrace

• codex

A stepped platform built into a mountainside.

• mother culture

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• terrace

• codex

A folded book made of tree bark paper.

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• mother culture

• terrace

• codex

An account that explains how the world began and how people came to exist.

• creation story

• glyph

• chinampa

• communal

A symbolic picture used to represent a word, syllable, or sound.

• creation story

• glyph

• chinampa

• communal