FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

MESOAMERICA VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: GLACIER

Answer:

huge sheet of ice

Question 2: POLITICAL

Answer:

Government, army, King, Queen

Question 3: PETEN

Answer:

Mayan word for 'flat region' located in present day Guatemala

Question 4: INCA

Answer:

Civilization built in the Andes Mountain ranges of present day Peru. Built the biggest Empire in the ancient Americas.

Question 5: VITAL

Answer:

extremely important

Question 6: HONDURAS

Answer:

was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya

Question 7: GOVERNMENT

Answer:

How a civilization is run. We are a Democracy in the United States.

Question 8: ADAPT

Answer:

change to survive in the surrounding environment

Question 9: TENOCHTITLAN

Answer:

Aztec city, "Place of Prickly Pear Cactus", was a city-state 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 Spanish in 1521.

Question 10: ARCHEOLOGIST

Answer:

an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

Question 11: YUCATAN PENINSULA

Answer:

Located in MesoAmerica. Body of land surrounded by water on three sides.

Question 12: MONOPOLY

Answer:

sole rights, complete control over a product.

Question 13: CARIBOU

Answer:

Large Deer

Question 14: PACHACUTI

Answer:

Son of the eighth Incan King. He became King and expanded the Incan Empire. He built Machu Picchu.Center for celebrations and ceremonial gatherings

Question 15: EMPIRE

Answer:

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress

Question 16: AZTEC

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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 and claimed that they are descendants of gods.

Question 17: ECONOMY

Answer:

Jobs that support a civilization

Question 18: TEOTIHUACAN

Answer:

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"

Question 19: AQUEDUCT

Answer:

a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity. a bridgelike structure that carries a water

Question 20: SOUTH AMERICA

Answer:

One of the 7 continents. Located South of North America

Question 21: MESOAMERICA

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Meso comes from the Greek word for "middle". The region includes lands stretching from Valley of Mexico to Costa RIca in Central America

Question 22: TRADE ROUTE

Answer:

the path a civilization would use to exchange goods

Question 23: OLMEC

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Started the FIRST complex civilizations around 1500 BCE. Present day Vera Cruz, Mexico. Lasted about 800 years.

Question 24: CONTINENT

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Large land mass of which there are 7 in the world.

Question 25: SOCIAL

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Culture, games, food, religion

Question 26: ASTRONOMER

Answer:

Studies the the stars and heavens

Question 27: TRADING EMPIRE

Answer:

Main source of wealth is through trade