Chpt 13 Mesoamerica All

tropical

• Having a warm and rainy climate.
• Region that includes the central and southern parts of Mexico and much of Central America.
• Dividing a mountainside into flat steps.
• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses.

Mesoamerica

• Region that includes the central and southern parts of Mexico and much of Central America.
• Having a warm and rainy climate.
• Area of dense jungle in southeastern Mexica, extending into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses.

Yucatán Peninsula

• Area of dense jungle in southeastern Mexica, extending into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
• Region that includes the central and southern parts of Mexico and much of Central America.
• Type of agriculture in which land is prepared for planting by cutting down and burning natural vegetation.
• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses.

terracing (farming)

• Type of agriculture in which land is prepared for planting by cutting down and burning natural vegetation.
• Having a warm and rainy climate.
• Area of dense jungle in southeastern Mexica, extending into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
• Type of agriculture in which land is prepared for planting by cutting down and burning natural vegetation.

Slash and Burn Agriculture

• Type of agriculture in which land is prepared for planting by cutting down and burning natural vegetation.
• Dividing a mountainside into flat steps.
• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses.
• Having a warm and rainy climate.

Isthmus

• Area of dense jungle in southeastern Mexica, extending into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses.
• Type of agriculture in which land is prepared for planting by cutting down and burning natural vegetation.
• Dividing a mountainside into flat steps.

Olmec

• Earliest major Mesoamerican culture, which flourished from 1200 to 400 B.C.E.
• Mesoamerican civilization that reached its height between 250 and 900 C.E.
• A culLast Aztec emperor, who ruled from 1502 to 1520 and was overthrown by the Spanish.ture that shapes and influences the customs and ideas of later cultures.
  

mother culture

• A culture that shapes and influences the customs and ideas of later cultures.
• Mesoamerican civilization that reached its height between 250 and 900 C.E.
• Payment made in return for protection. 
• Runners who carried messages up and down the length of the Incan Empire.

Maya

• Mesoamerican civilization that reached its height between 250 and 900 C.E.
• Earliest major Mesoamerican culture, which flourished from 1200 to 400 B.C.E.
• A culture that shapes and influences the customs and ideas of later cultures.
• Last Aztec emperor, who ruled from 1502 to 1520 and was overthrown by the Spanish.

codex

• Type of book used by early Mesoamerican civilizations to record important historical events. 
• Payment made in return for protection. 
• Ninth Inca ruler, who came to power in 1438 and expanded the Incan Empire
• Ancient carved stone markers that call attention to important dates or events.