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MesoAmerica vocab
Term | Definition |
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aztec | a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century. |
monopoly | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. |
MesoAmerica | land between the americas |
inca | a South American hummingbird having mainly blackish or bronze-colored plumage with one or two white breast patches. |
mayan | a large family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico, of which the chief members are Maya and Quiché. |
adapt | make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify. |
gacier | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
olmec | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico |
teotihuacan | and considered to be one of the world's great archaeological sites. In its day, it was massive, densely populated, and well organized. |
toltec | seized what is now northern Mexico these warrior nomads built the city of tula |
moche | were located in the dry coastal desert which is what is now peru |
cuzco | founded in AD america's entered around this capital |
hohokam | planted gardens on lands between the salt and gila rivers |
anasazi | moved into the regions of canyons and cliffs the als took up farming |
cahokia | the remains of this city can still be seen in southern illinois |
peten | the mayan word for flat region |
tenochtitlan | means place of the prickly pear cactus |
pachacuti | means earthshaker |
quipu | a rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors each knots represented a number |