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Mesoamerica Vocab
Term | Definition |
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VITAL | absolutely necessary or important; essential. |
ADAPT | make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify |
GLACIER | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
MESOAMERICA | Mesoamerica is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize. |
SOUTHAMERICA | A continent of the southern Western Hemisphere southeast of North America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It extends from the Caribbean Sea southward to Cape |
OLMEC | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( circa 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization |
MAYA | the supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions. |
INCA | A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest. |
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 | Mexico City —name used when it was capital of the Aztec Empire. |
HONDURAS | a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa. |
YUCATAN PENINSULA | The Yucatán Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. |