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MesoAmerica vocab
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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 | 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. |
OLMEC | a people living in the same general area as the prehistoric Olmec during the 15th and 16th centuries. |
MAYA | the power by which the universe becomes manifest; the illusion or appearance of the phenomenal world. |
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 | Caribou refers to any of several North American subspecies, ecotypes. |
TEOTIHUACAN | was one of the most remarkable cities of the ancient world. Today it's located 48km/30mi NE of Mexico City, and considered to be one of the world's great archaeological sites. |
TENOCHTITLAN | The ancient capital of the Aztec empire, founded circa 1320. In 1521 the Spanish conquistador Cortés destroyed it and established Mexico City on its site. |
HONDURAS | a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa |
YUCATAN PENINSULA | (Spanish: Península de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico. |
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 | 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 company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies. |