Mesoamerica By: Isabella and Jon

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Mesoamerica By Isabella and Jon
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Vocabulary

• Empire A domain ruled by an emperor or
  empress.
• Chinampas Island gardens that grow crops or
  flowers
• Conquistador A Spanish word for conqueror.

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Vocabulary Part two

• Observatories Dome like buildings, used to
  study the stars and planets.
• Terrace farming used this method of farming to
  farm on the mountains, when it rains instead of
  washing away it goes down to the next level.
• Isthmus A thin strip of land connecting
  connecting land.

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Physical features

• Andes mountains Mountains in South America that
  the Inca lived in.
• Pacific Ocean Trade, transportation,and
  food(fish)
• Ithumus Travel

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Human impact on civilization

• Without hunters the civilization would have no
  food.
• Without teachers the civilization would not be
  smart, they wouldn't know how to farm and hunt.

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Role of people

• Men hunted and fished
• Women taught daughter how to care for children
  and house.
• Children learned from parents.

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Impact of a person

• Without the men the civilization would starve.
• Without women there would be no children.
• Children were the next generation.

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Achievements

• Olmec culture, writing system.
• Maya 365 day calendar by watching stars, first
  people to use 0.
• Aztec Bridges, schools
• Inca terraces farming, accounting system.

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Battles

• Spanish conquistadors wanted to take over.
• They were......
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortez

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Geographic struggles

• Olmec could have had floods because of the
  Gulf.
• Maya were on the Yucatan peninsula could have
  had floods.
• Aztecs civilization was in the middle of the
  lake so could have floods.
• Inca Had to farm on mountains.