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Vocabulary
Economy and Government
Culture and Traditions
Land of Latin America
Skillbuilder
100
A large picture or painting on a wall. Una gran ilustracion o pintura sobre una pared.
What is a mural?
100
This person ruled each Mayan city-state. Esta persona gobernaba cada ciudad-estado Maya.
What is a king or queen (rey)?
100
Type of Mayan writing.
What are hierogliphs?
100
The area that is 23 degrees north and south of the Equator, where the weather is usually warm or hot.
What is the Tropical Zone?
100
A news story that informs the reader by stating facts to describe a recent event.
What is a news article?
200
The tree that produces the seeds or beans form which chocolate is made. El arbol que produce las semillas de las que proviene el chocolate.
What is cacao?
200
Mayans used this for trading and money. Los Maya usaban esto por dinero e intercambiar.
What are cacao seeds?
200
The art or science of building. The Mayas used this knowledge to build pyramids, palaces, cities, and roads.
What is architecture?
200
Some landforms that Latin America have.
What are mountains, rainforests, deserts, islands, coral reefs, volcanoes, plateaus, and plains?
200
An article that presents facts but the main purpose is to persuade readers to accept the writer's opinion.
What is an editorial?
300
A river or stream that flows into a larger river. Un rio o arroyo que desemboca en un rio mas grande.
What is a tributary (afluente)?
300
Farmers were forced to pay these, (money, labor, crops, or other goods) to the rulers.
What is a tribute?
300
The study of the stars and the planets. The Mayans used this knowledge to record the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.
What is astronomy?
300
The name of the long mountain range in western South America.
What are the Andes?
300
What you do first when you analyze the news.
What is identify the kind of article you are reading, watching, or listening to?
400
A statue or building made to honor important people or events. Una estatua o una construccion creada para honrar a personas o sucesos importantes.
What is a monument (monumeto)?
400
These people were at the top of Mayan society.
What are kings and rulers?
400
The Mayans understanding of math and astronomy helped them to invent this.
What is a calendar?
400
The basin that begins in the Peruvian Andes and continues to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon River Basin?
400
What is the second step of analyzing the news?
What is decide whether the article or story has a point of view?
500
A system for supplying water to crops. Un sistema para suministrar agua a las cosechas.
What is irrigation (irrigacion)?
500
These people were right below nobles and priests in Mayan society.
What warriors?
500
The Maya used turquoise, jade, gold, and copper to make this.
What is jewelry?
500
The group of islands located east of Central America, between North and South America.
What are the Caribbean islands?
500
What is the last step of analyzing the news?
What is to double-check the facts in another source?