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Term | Definition |
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indigenous | native to the area |
slash-and-burn | cutting and burning vegetation for cultivation. |
drought | A state of time without rainfall and water |
heiroglyphic | a symbol that stands for a word idea or sound |
observatories | building for observing the sky |
dense | tropical forest |
economy | the system by which a country's people make a living |
basin | is a bowl shaped area |
chinampa | an artificial island |
dike | a wall to hold back water across the middle of the lake |
absolute | a system in which one person from a ruling family has unlimited powers |
rigid | inflexible unchanging |
aqueduct monarchy | a canal or pipe across lake texcoco from the hills surrounding the lake |
purchase | to buy |