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mesoamerica vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| VITAL | absolutely necessary or important; essential. |
| ADAPT | make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify. |
| GLACIER | huge sheet of ice |
| MESOAMERICA | 9,000 to 10,000 years ago. meso is a greek word for middle |
| SOUTHAMERICA | South America is a continent located in the Western Hemisphere |
| OLMEC | is a ancient civilization starting around 1.500 bc.in preasint day mexico. |
| MAYA | civilization in the forest of the yucatan peninsula |
| INCA | ancient civilization The administrative, political, and military center of the empire |
| AZTEC | ancient civilizations. member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés |
| CARIBOU | any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World. |
| TEOTIHUACAN | a city know as place of gods |
| TENOCHTITLAN | a city know a prickly pear cactus |
| HONDURAS | a republic in NE Central America |
| YUCATAN PENINSULA | a steamy rain forest where the mayans live |
| MONOPOLY | sole right to the trade or production of a certain good |
| CONTINENT | one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number |
| TRADE ROUTE | |
| TRADING EMPIRE | |
| ECONOMY | |
| SOCIAL | |
| POLITICAL | |
| ENVIRONMENT | |
| PACHACUTI | |
| EMPIRE | |
| GOVERNMENT | |
| PETEN | |
| ASTRONOMER | |
| ARCHEOLOGIST |