Grade 6 3.1-3.4 Vocab

Symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

Colorful and tropical bird

Building for observing the sky

Farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned and ash is used for fertilizer

Bowl-shaped area

A wall to hold back water

Artificial island built by the Aztecs

A canal or pipe that carries fresh water

"Conqueror" in Spanish; a leader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the sixteenth century

Right granted by the Spanish government to its American colonists to demand labor or tribute from American Indians