Middle America

a farming method in which trees and other plants are cut down and burned

• quetzal

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• rainfall agriculture

• water-plot-agriculture

plot

• 10000 acres

• large area of land

• small area of land

• ocean area

complex

• having parts that go together in complicated ways

• having parts that go together easily

• No parts

• having a ton of notebooks

quetzal

• a colorful fish

• a painted turtle

• a colorful tropical bird

• a tropical snake

hieroglyphic

• a symbol derived from a picture that stands for a word, idea, or sound

• a symbol derived from a synonym or antonym

• symbols that stand for only pictures

• drawing conclusions

building for observing the sun, moon, and other objects in the sky

• classrooms

• planets closest to the sun

• telescopes

• observatories

The first Mesoamerican civilization began...

• once people learned how to farm in poor rainforest soils

• with the rise of the Maya

• when people learned to mine gold

• soon after people passed over the land bering bridge

Maya Pyramids were topped by...

• giant stone heads

• temples

• observatories

• tombs

a bowl shaped area

• hole

• basin

• hill

artificial islands, to have more land for farming

• mesoamerica

• horchata

• chinampas

• leoguara