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Definition
VITAL   extremely important  
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ADAPT   change to survive in the surrounding environment  
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GLACIER   huge sheet of ice  
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MESOAMERICA   Meso comes from the Greek word for “middle”. The region includes lands stretching from Valley of Mexico to Costa RIca in Central America  
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MESOAMERICA   One of the 7 continents. Located SOuth of North America  
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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.  
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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.  
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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  
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AZTEC   Warlike nomads arrived in the Valley of Mexico in 1250 ACE and built their own kingdom. The king was the top of the Aztec empire. Kings claimed to be descendants of the gods.  
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CARIBOU   Large Deer  
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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”  
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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.  
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HONDURAS   was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya  
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YUCATAN PENINSULA   Located in MesoAmerica. Body of land surrounded by water on three sides.  
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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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CONTINENT   Large land mass of which there are 7 in the world.  
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TRADE ROUT   the path a civilization would use to exchange goods  
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TRADING EMPIRE   Main source of wealth is through trade  
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ECONOMY (ESPN)   Jobs that support a civilization  
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SOCIAL (ESPN)   Culture, games, food, religion  
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POLITICAL (ESPN)   Government, army, King, Queen  
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ENVIRONMENT (ESPN)   The world around you. Example, rainforest, Mountains, Flatlands, Desert, Lake, Ocean  
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PACHACUTI   Son of the eighth Incan King. He became King and expanded the Incan Empire. He built Machu Picchu. Center for celebrations and ceremonial gatherings  
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EMPIRE   An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress:  
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GOVERNMENT   Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy, Theocracy , Totalitarian, Republics and Anarchy. How a civilization is run. We are a Democracy in the United States.  
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PETEN   Mayan word for ‘flat region’ located in present day Guatemala  
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ASTRONOMER   Studies the the stars and heavens  
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ARCHEOLOGIST   an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture  
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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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