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mesoamerica vocab
Term | Definition |
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VITAL | being the seat or source of life |
ADAPT | to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment |
GLACIER | an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years |
MESOAMERICA | the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras |
SOUTHAMERICA | A continent of the southern Western Hemisphere southeast of North America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
OLMEC | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico. |
MAYA | A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around ad 300-900. |
INCA | a South American hummingbird having mainly blackish or bronze-colored plumage with one or two white breast patches. |
AZTEC | a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century. |
CARIBOU | a large North American reindeer. |
TEOTIHUACAN | Teotihuacan was one of the most remarkable cities of the ancient world. |
TENOCHTITLAN | The ancient capital of the Aztec empire, founded circa 1320. |
HONDURAS | A country of northern Central America |
YUCATAN PENINSULA | in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. |
MONOPOLY | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. |
CONTINENT | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land ,Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America. |
TRADE ROUTE | A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. |
TRADING EMPIRE | a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading . |