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Mesoamerica Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vital | pertaining to life; necessary, essential |
| ADAPT | become adjusted to new conditions. |
| GLACIER | a sheet of ice |
| MESOAMERICA | the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished. |
| SOUTHAMERICA | One of the seven continents |
| OLMEC | of or designating a Mesoamerican civilization, c1000–400 b.c., along the southern Gulf coast of Mexico, characterized by extensive agriculture, a dating system, long-distance trade networks, pyramids and ceremonial centers, and very fine jade work. |
| MAYA | |
| INCA | a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest. |
| AZTEC | |
| CARIBOU | |
| TEOTIHUACAN | Place of the gods |
| TENOCHTITLAN | |
| HONDURAS | a republic in NE Central America. |
| YUCATAN PENINSULA | The peninsula that belonged to the yucatan |
| MONOPOLY | |
| CONTINENT | one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number |
| TRADE ROUTE | any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc. |
| TRADING EMPIRE | An empire that trabes goods |
| ECONOMY | |
| SOCIAL | relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: |
| POLITICAL | It is part of the espn that has to do with the friendship with the other empires |
| ENVIRONMENT | the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings |
| PACHACUTI | |
| EMPIRE | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government |
| GOVERNMENT | the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states |
| PETEN | |
| ASTRONOMER | scientific observer of the celestial bodies. |
| ARCHEOLOGIST | , the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc. |
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