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MESO/SOUTH AMERICA
VOCABULARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| VITAL | extremely important |
| ADAPT- | change to survive in the surrounding environment |
| GLACIER | huge sheet of ice |
| Meso comes from the Greek word for “middle | The region includes lands stretching from Valley of Mexico to Costa RIca in Central America |
| SOUTH AMERICA | One of the 7 continents. Located SOuth of North America |
| OLMEC | Started the FIRST complex civilizations around 1500 BCE. In 1200 BCE Built a far reaching trading empire. Near present day Vera Cruz, Mexico. Lasted about 800 years. |
| MAYA | Built a civilization in the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula and used their central location, southern Mexico and Central America , to trade with canoes. |
| INCA- | Civilization built in the Andes Mountain ranges of present day Peru. Built thee biggest Empire in the ancient Americas. It centered around the capital Cuzco, founded in 1100 ACE |
| AZTEC | |
| TEOTIHUACAN | One of the first planned cities built by the maybe the the Toltec. No one is quite sure. it is know as “Place of the Gods” |
| TENOCHTITLAN | Aztec city means ‘Place of Prickly Pear Cactus” Tenochtitlan was a city-state located on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. |
| HONDURAS | was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya |
| YUCATAN PENINSULA-- | Located in MesoAmerica. Body of land surrounded by water on three sides. |
| MONOPOLY | sole rights, complete control over a product. This is illegal in the United States because the company in control of a service could charge whatever they wanted without competition. |
| CONTINENT-- | Large land mass of which there are 7 in the world. |
| TRADE ROUTE- | the path a civilization would use to exchange goods |
| TRADING EMPIRE | Main source of wealth is through trade |
| ECONOMY (ESPN) | Jobs that support a civilization |
| SOCIAL (ESPN) | Culture, games, food, religion |
| POLITICAL (ESPN)- | Government, army, King, Queen |
| ENVIRONMENT (ESPN) | The world around you. Example, rainforest, Mountains, Flatlands, Desert, Lake, Ocean |
| PACHACUTI-- | son of the eight incan king. He became king and expaned the ican Empire.He biult Machu picchu . center for celebrations and ceremonial gatherings |
| GOVERNMENT- | Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy, Theocracy , Totalitarian, Republics and Anarchy. How a civilization is run. We are a Democracy in the United States. |
| PETEN | Mayan word for ‘flat region’ located in present day Guatemala |
| ASTRONOMER | Studies the the stars and heavens |
| ARCHEOLOGIST | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture |
| AQUEDUCT | a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity. a bridgelike structure that carries a water |
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