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Meso/South America
VOCABULARY
Term | Definition |
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VITAL | extremely important |
ADAPT | change to survive in the surrounding environment |
GLACIER | huge sheet of ice |
MESOAMERICA | 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 |
CARIBOU | Large Deer |
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. Founded in 1325, it became the seat of the growing Aztec Empire in the 15th century, until it was captured by the S |
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. |
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