Mexico Theme Unit
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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
  Mexico
Word List
Aaristocrat
Aztec
Hernan Cortes
Maya
adobe
bonanza
bronco
burro
canyon
cinco
guacamole
herd
jalapeņo
mesa
pantheon
patio
rodeo
sombrero
texcoco
tortilla
turquoise
 
 


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1.   the condition of being successful or thriving

   bonanza   
2.   all the gods of a particular religion considered collectively

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3.   a thin corn or flour pancake used as a base in many Mexican dishes.

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4.   a bright greenish-blue colored mineral

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5.   mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes

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6.   gorge, ravine

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7.   avocado dip

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8.   donkey

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9.   a large number of wild animals of the same kind that live, feed, and travel as a group

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10.   Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire, and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

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11.   plateau

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12.   Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before Aztec's domination

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13.   a member of the highest social class in a country

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14.   wild, untamed horse

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15.   an exhibition of cowboy skills

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16.   the people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.

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17.   Mexican hat

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18.   hot pepper

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19.   lake in Mexico, where Aztecs built their capital city, and where Mexico City stands today

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20.   the number "five"

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21.   open courtyard

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22.   planting, growing, and harvesting crops or plants, or preparing land for this purpose

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