Unit 7 vocab words Flashcards
Mesoamerica
Region that is part of southern part of mexico, and northern contries of central america
Causeways
t is a raised road across water or wet ground
(KINDA LIKE A LOW BRIDGE)
Terraced Farming
Man made steps for farming/ agriculture on a mountain (MAKES FARMING EASIER)
Slash-and-burn farming
A farming technique where vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
Note: They use fire to burn the trees
(AKA: IT IS CONTROLLED FOREST FIRE to clear land for farming)
Conquistadors
Spanish soldiers and explorers
Note:kinda like Dora the explorer
Conquest
Invading or taking over a place for more land
Ritual
A set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony.
Tribute
Something given or said to show gratitude such as a gift or payment
Note:they were humans not gods like an offering.
(Take this and i’ll take something of yours)
Step Pyramids
A pyramids that have steps
Note: these where Mayan pyramids not Egyptian
Divine Right
The idea that a king or queen is given right to rule by god/gods and that anyone that rebels against them is going against the god/gods
Note:They might have not gotten the Idea from the gods
Hierarchy
Society divided into social classes
Offerings
something given to make the gods happy
Note:They were gods not people like Tribute.
Smallpox
The deadly disease brought by to Americans by the Europeans which killed many natives