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Mesoamerica Vocab
Term | Definition |
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VITAL | absolutely necessary or important; essential. |
ADAPT | make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify. |
GLACIER | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
MESOAMERICA | Mesoamerica is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern |
SOUTHAMERICA | A content |
OLMEC | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( circa 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization. |
MAYA | the supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions. HINDUISMBUDDHISM the power by which the universe becomes manifest; the illusion or appearance of the phenomenal world. |
INCA | a South American hummingbird having mainly blackish or bronze-colored plumage with one or two white breast patches. |
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 | The name Teōtīhuacān was given by the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs centuries after the fall of the city around 550 A.D. |
TENOCHTITLAN | Tenochtitlán was an Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521. |
HONDURAS | On July 30, 1502, Christopher Columbus first saw Honduran soil and he claimed the territory in the name of his sovereigns, |
YUCATAN PENINSULA | An archaeologist is a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts. Lucy, the oldest human known to man — nearly 3.2 million years old — was dug up in Ethiopia by archaeologist. |
MONOPOLY | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. |
CONTINENT | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America) |
TRADE ROUTE | A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. |