What civilization was aware of the wheel?
Mesoamerican civilization
Were they familiar with metallurgy?
yes
Did either of those make much impact on Mesoamerica?
no
Is it diverse in culture?
yes
When did they start growing cacao?
as early as 7000 BC
Was that the same time as maize?
yes
What animals were being domesticated around that time?
turkeys and dogs
That helped transform them from a hunter-gatherer tribe to what?
to sedentary agricultural villages
What period came after that?
the Formative period
Besides a vigesimal numeric system, what's another thing that came to be?
a complex calendric system
Did they create a calendar?
yes