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Mesoamerica Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vital | pertaining to life; necessary; essential |
| Adapt | To adjust to new contitions |
| Glacier | A large sheet of ice |
| Mesoamerica | "Middle of the Americas"; Southern Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, where pre-columbian civilizations florished |
| South America | One of the seven continents, located in the south-western hemisphere |
| Olmec | Mesoamerican civilization 1200BC to 400BC. Far reaching trading empire located near present day Vera Cruz, Mexico |
| Maya | A civilization in the rain forest of the Yucatan Peninsula. Existed between |