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Mesoamerica Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Vital | pertaining to life; necessary; esstential |
Adapt | to adjust to something different |
Glacier | huge sheet of ice |
Mesoamerica | An ancient region including present-day Mexico and most of Central America |
South America | One of the seven continents |
Olmec | An ancient civilization that started around 1200 B.C. near present-day Vera Cruz, Mexico |
Maya | An ancient civilization in the rain forests near Yucatan Peninsula |
Inca | An ancient civilization that lived near the Andes mountain range in present-day Peru |
Aztec | An ancient civilization that came to the Valley of Mexico around A.D. 1250 |
Caribou | A deer that lives in North America |
Teotihuacan | A planned city built by a group |