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Chapter 16
Americas
Term | Definition |
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Hopi | Lived in the Southwest and built homes from adobe |
Mayas | used the sinkholes to get fresh water |
The Americas | North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean |
Mesoamerica | region between central Mexico and Costa Rica |
Isthumus | narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies |
Machu Picchu | emperor retreat in the Andes |
Montezuma I | powerful Aztec ruler |
Hogan | Navajo home |
Rocky Mountains | largest mountains in the US |
Growing crops | allowed people to build up complex societies |
Adobe | sun dried bricks |
Land bridge | what early peoples used to cross from Asia to North America |
Mayas | used captives in wars to work the land |
Hunter- gatherers | moved in search of food |
Tenochtitlan | Aztec city built on a lake |
Iroquois League | brought unity and peace to warring tribes |