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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, Guatema |
SOUTHAMERICA | A continent of the southern Western Hemisphere southeast of North America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It extends from the Caribbean Sea southward to Cape Horn. |
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. |
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 | Teotihuacan was one of the most remarkable cities of the ancient world. |
TENOCHTITLAN | The ancient capital of the Aztec empire, founded circa 1320. In 1521 the Spanish conquistador Cortés destroyed it and established Mexico City on its site. |
HONDURAS | a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa. |
YUCATAN PENINSULA | The Yucatán Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, |
MONOPOLY | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. "his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs" |
CONTINENT | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). |