History
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. farming
A. Dry land with very little rain (plural)
2. inca
B. Country south of the USA known for tacos
3. maya
C. Armed fighting between countries
4. aztec
D. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress
5. southamerica
E. Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
6. disease
F. A very old person
7. war
G. The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
8. math
H. A ruler of the ___
9. astronomy
I. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture
10. gardens
J. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated (plural)
11. empire
K. A society in an advanced state of social development (plural)
12. mexico
L. An illness that harms the body
13. ancient
M. A science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
14. civilizations
N. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
15. latin
O. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes
16. deserts
P. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama