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Chapter 16
Americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hopi | Lived in the Southwest and built homes from adobe |
| Mayas | used the sinkholes to get fresh water |
| The Americas | North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean |
| Mesoamerica | region between central Mexico and Costa Rica |
| Isthumus | narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies |
| Machu Picchu | emperor retreat in the Andes |
| Montezuma I | powerful Aztec ruler |
| Hogan | Navajo home |
| Rocky Mountains | largest mountains in the US |
| Growing crops | allowed people to build up complex societies |
| Adobe | sun dried bricks |
| Land bridge | what early peoples used to cross from Asia to North America |
| Mayas | used captives in wars to work the land |
| Hunter- gatherers | moved in search of food |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec city built on a lake |
| Iroquois League | brought unity and peace to warring tribes |