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Mexico
chapter 6
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Geography
6th Grade
09/18/2007
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Term
EARLY CULTURES
 Definition
MESOAMERICA
AZTEC
MAYA
OLMEC
Term
MESOAMERICA
 Definition
MESO MEANS IN THE MIDDLE
FIRST PEOPLE 12,OOO YEARS AGO
FARMERS
Term
OLMEC
 Definition
HUMID SOUTHERN COAST OF GULF OF MEXICO
BUILT TEMPLES, PYRAMIDS, STATUES
TRADED JADE, OBSIDIAN (VOLCANIC STONE)
Term
MAYA
 Definition
DEVELOPED IN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED AFTER 800 AD
BRINGING FAMINE,WAR AND DISEASE
Term
AZTEC
 Definition
CENTRAL MEXICO
CAPITAL IS TENOCHTITLAN
PRACTICED CHINAMPAS (RAISED AGRICULTURE)
MEAT IS FOR THE RICH
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