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Theme 3
                 Lesson 9 Mesoamerican Civilizations
                              Essential Question                                                        History                                                         Let’s Learn


                              What are some e some
                              What ar
                                                                                                                                   The continents of North and South America were reached by
                              other important
                              other important                                                                                      Europeans in the  fteenth century, but long before the European


                              early civilizations                                                                                  discovery of these lands, many others had migrated to the
                              early civilizations
                                                                                                                                   continents around 15,000 years ago.
                              in the Americas?
                              in the Americas?
                                                                                                                                   From there, many civilizations in the Americas started and ended.

                                                                                                                                   Some of them rapidly thrived and grew to form complex societies

                                                                                                                                   that spread across the continents.




































                                                                                          Words to Know


                                                                                                 harvest

                                                                                                  plaza

                                                                                                obsidian

                                                                                               excavated
                                                                                                  oating
                                                                                                                                                       Mesoamerican civilizations
                                                                                                  unify



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