maize A crop that formed the basis of agriculture in the Western Hemisphere. Tenochtitlán The capital city of the Aztec empire, in present-day Mexico. Cahokia A city near present-day St. Louis that was a fortified community created by ”mound builders,” which had a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in the year 1200. Iroquois An alliance of five peoples living in present-day New York and Pennsylvania – the Mohawk, Oneido, Cayuga, Seneca, and Onondaga – which formed a Great League of…
