meso-america

Question 1

meso america

Answer 1

Anthropology, Archaeology. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.

Question 2

glyph

Answer 2

1.
a pictograph or hieroglyph.
2.
a sculptured figure or relief carving.
3.
Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove.

Question 3

olmec

Answer 3

1.
of or designating a Mesoamerican civilization, c1000–400 b.c., along the southern Gulf coast of Mexico, characterized by extensive agriculture, a dating system, long-distance trade networks, pyramids and ceremonial centers, and very fine jade work.

Question 4

aztec

Answer 4

1.

a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.

Question 5

montezuma

Answer 5

c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.

Question 6

tikal

Answer 6

an ancient Mayan city occupied c200 b.c. to a.d. 900, an important center of Mayan civilization, situated in Petén in the jungles of northern Guatemala and the site of significant archaeological discoveries in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Question 7

chichenitza

Answer 7

the ruins of an ancient Mayan city, in central Yucatán state, Mexico.

Question 8

lake texcoco

Answer 8

Lake Texcoco (Spanish: Lago de Texcoco) was a natural lake within the Anáhuac or Valley of Mexico. Lake Texcoco is most well known as where the Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan, which was located on an island within the lake. After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, efforts to control flooding by the Spanish led to most of the lake being drained. The entire lake basin is now almost completely occupied by Mexico City, the capital of the present-day nation of Mexico.

Question 9

tenochtitlan

Answer 9

1.

the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.

Question 10

chavin

Answer 10

of, relating to, or characteristic of a Peruvian culture flourishing from the 1st to the 6th century a.d.

Question 11

inca

Answer 11

1.
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
2.
a ruler or member of the royal family in the Incan empire.

Question 12

andes

Answer 12

a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters)

Question 13

quechua

Answer 13

1.
the language of the Inca civilization, presently spoken by about 7 million people in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
2.
a member of an Indian people of Peru speaking Quechua.

Question 14

sacrifice

Answer 14

1.

the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage

Question 15

francisco

Answer 15

a male given name, Spanish form of Francis

Question 16

pizarro

Answer 16

1.

Francisco [fran-sis-koh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw,, -sees-] (Show IPA), c1470–1541, Spanish conqueror of Peru.

Question 17

maize

Answer 17

(chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1(def 1).

Question 18

copan

Answer 18

santa rosa de copan

Question 19

cusco

Answer 19

cuzco

Question 20

calendar

Answer 20

1.
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
He marked the date on his calendar.
2.
any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year.
Compare Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar.
3.
a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
4.
a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
5.
Obsolete. a guide or example.
verb (used with object)
6.
to enter in a calendar; register.
Origin of calendar Expand
LatinMiddle EnglishAnglo-French
1175-12251175-1225; Middle English calender < Anglo-French < Latin calendārium account book, equivalent to Calend (ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary; see -ar2
Related forms Expand
calendrical [kuh-len-dri-kuh l] (Show IPA), calendric, calendarial [kal-uh n-dair-ee-uh l] (Show IPA), calendarian, calendaric, adjective
uncalendared, adjective
Can be confused Expand
calendar, calender, colander.
Synonyms Expand
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3. diary, schedule, program.
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Examples from the Web for calendar Expand
Contemporary Examples
Each month, a chosen theme colors the myriad events cramming the calendar.

Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors
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July 9, 2014
His Tumblr also has some very fun behind the scene shots from shooting the calendar.

‘Naked Rowers’ Pose For Charity To Help Fight Homophobia
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October 23, 2013
“I write who I have sex with and the days in a calendar,” she says.

Inside an Oklahoma Abortion Clinic
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January 21, 2013
From the resourceful rat to the fertile pig, the 12 zodiac heads ostensibly represent different periods in the Chinese calendar.

‘Circle of Animals’: Sculptures of a Silenced Artist
Lizzie Crocker
May 4, 2011
Newton was commissioned by Pirelli Italia in 1985 to photograph images with Pirelli product placement, a first for the calendar.

Michelle Obama’s Biggest Fashion Regret; LVMH Launches Contest for Emerging Designers
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November 20, 2013
Historical Examples
One enjoys a blessed disregard of the calendar on such expeditions as mine, walking on from day to day.

A Spring Walk in Provence
Archibald Marshall
In this calendar I propose to especially notice the injurious insects.

Our Common Insects
Alpheus Spring Packard
Or cut 12 small bells and paste one leaf of calendar pad on each, stringing all together with ribbon.

Home Occupations for Boys and Girls
Bertha Johnston
The other party leader was the one who was guilty of all the crimes in the calendar.

Mizora: A Prophecy
Mary E. Bradley
Sigrid’s birthday was in March, but Sigrid day in the calendar is in September.

Our Little Swedish Cousin
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British Dictionary definitions for calendar Expand
calendar
/ˈkælɪndə/
noun
1.
a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions See also Gregorian calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Roman calendar
2.
a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3.
a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
verb
4.
(transitive) to enter in a calendar; schedule; register
Derived Forms
calendrical (kæˈlɛndrɪkəl), calendric, adjective
Word Origin
C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became due
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Word Origin and History for calendar Expand
n.
c.1200, “system of division of the year;” mid-14c. as “table showing divisions of the year;” from Old French calendier “list, register,” from Latin calendarium “account book,” from calendae/kalendae “calends” the first day of the Roman month – when debts fell due and accounts were reckoned – from calare “to announce solemnly, call out,” as the priests did in proclaiming the new moon that marked the calends, from PIE root kele- (2) “to call, shout” (see claim (v.)).

Taken by the early Church for its register list of saints and their feast days. The -ar spelling in English is 17c. to differentiate it from the now obscure calender “cloth-presser.”

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Question 21

observatory

Answer 21

1.
a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.