Words week of 12/11
Terms
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copy deck
- jade
- a shiny stone that comes in many shades of green
- obsidian
- a hard black glass created by volcanoes
- maize
- corn
- hieroglyphics
- form of writing that uses signs and symbols
- mural
- wall painting
- hacienda
- large ranch
- plaza
- public square
- adobe
- sun-dried clay bricks
- federal republic
- type of government in which power is divided between national and state governments and a strong president leads the national government
- migrant worker
- worker who travels from place to place to plant or harvest crops when needed
- national debt
- money owed by the government
- smog
- haze of fog and chemicals in the air