Mexico Test (6th grade)
a mexico test for 6th grade lms students
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- Epidemic
- widespread outbreak of smallpox
- New Spain
- territory in southern mexico
- Aztec
- lived in Mexico but soldiers conquered them
- Montezuma II
- An Aztec king and ruler
- Olmec
- located along the Gulf of Mexicos Southern Coast
- Pok-A-Tok
- a ball game, played by the Maya
- Maya
- located on the South of Mexico
- Mesoamerica
- villages known as Mexico and Central America
- Ejidos
- lands owned by Indian communities
- 1821
- Year Mexico won independence from Spain
- Mount Orizaba
- the highest peak
- Obsidian
- a form of glass, that forms when lava cools quickly
- Haciendas
- huge expanses of farmlands
- NAFTA
- North American Free Tade Agreement
- Tenochtitlan
- a city in southcentral mexico
- Chinampas
- plot where families grew corn, beans and peppers
- Glyphs
- Picture writing
- Hernan Cortes
- a spanish explorer
- Maquiladoras
- owned by American companies located by the U.S Mexico border