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Mesoamerica vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vital | absolutely necessary or important; essential. |
| Adapt | to adjust to a new environment |
| Glacier | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles |
| Mesoamerica | "Middle of the Americas";Southern Mexico,Central America and parts of South Americas,where pre-columbian civilization flourished. |
| South America | South America is a continent located in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere |
| Olmec | The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco |
| Maya | A mammy, also spelled mammie, is a Southern United States archetype for a black woman who worked as a nanny and/or general housekeeper that, often in a white family, nursed the family's children |
| Inca | a member of a South American Indian people living in the central Andes before the Spanish conquest. |
| 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 | Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire from the middle of the 1300s to the early 1500s. Mexico City was built upon some of the ruins of Tenochtitlan. |
| HONDURAS | Honduras ( i/hɒnˈdʊərəs/; Spanish: [onˈduɾas]), officially the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: República de Honduras) |
| YUCATAN PENINSULA | , in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. |
| 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" 2. |
| 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. |
| TRADING EMPIRE | a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing,or other goods, |
| ECONOMY (ESPN) | to see at a distance; catch sight of |
| SOCIAL (ESPN) | If you want to be a good recruiter in today's college football, you have to be on [ social media]," Iowa State director of scouting John Kuceyeski ... |
| POLITICAL (ESPN) | Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight uses statistical analysis — hard numbers — to tell compelling stories about elections, politics, sports, science, economics and ... |
| ENVIRONMENT (ESPN) | A lawsuit claiming that the University of Tennessee has violated Title IX policies and created a "hostile sexual environment" includes an alleged ... |
| PACHACUTI | Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui or Pachacutec or Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire. Wikipedia |
| 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; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc. |
| PETEN | Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest in size — at 33,600 km² it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area. The capital is Flores. Wikipedia |
| ASTRONOMER | an expert in astronomy; a scientific observer of the celestial bodies. |
| ARCHEOLOGIST | a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc. |
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