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Mesoamerica vocab
Term | Definition |
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Vital | absolutely necessary or important; essential |
Adapt | become adjusted to new conditions |
Glacier | sheet of ice |
Mesoamerica | the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished. |
Southamerica | a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere |
Olmec | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico |
Maya | The Maya civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its hieroglyphic script—the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, astronomical system. |
Inca | arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century, and the last Inca stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572 |
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 | an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico |
Tenochtitlan | The ancient capital of the Aztec empire, founded circa 1320 |
Honduras | a Central American country with Caribbean Sea coastlines to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south |
Yucatan Peninsula | separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, encompassing 3 Mexican states, plus portions of Belize and Guatemala |
Monopoly | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service |
Continent | {7 continent}one of several very large landmasses on Earth |
Trade Route | 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, clothing, other goods, or for cash |
Economy | Relates to $, taxes, industry, farming, jobs, availability of resources. Relates to production, consumption, and distribution of goods |
Social | Relates to cultural aspects; language, religion, customs, traditions, food, clothing, lifestyle |
Political | Relates to the government, laws, and elected officials |
Environment | Relates to the surrounding physical and human characteristics that affect the environment |
Pachacuti | the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire |
Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress |
Government | the governing body of a nation, state, or community |
Peten | Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala |
Astronomer | a scientist in the field of astronomy who studies stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies, as well as many other celestial objects |
Archeologist | the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains |