A Block Central America Vocab

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Narrow land strip connecting two larger areas

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isthmus

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Farming method: cut trees, burn for ash-enriched soil.

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slash and burn

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Cutting down trees for commercial use

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logging

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Energy from steam or hot water from molten underground rocks.

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geothermal energy

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First civilization in Mexico.

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Olmecs

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Member of a major pre-Columbian civilization in the Yucatán that peaked in the 9th century.

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Mayans

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A peninsula in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean.

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Yucatan Peninsula

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Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) in present-day Mexico City

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Aztecs

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Caribbean Islands

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Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, West Indies

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Christian faith and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, influential in Western Europe and the Americas.

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Roman Catholicism