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3 HISTORY
LESSON 9
1 Match the words on the left with the descriptions on the right.
1. The Mayan civilization a. migrated to Mesoamerica and settled
2. The Teotihuacan civilization there around 1200 C.E.
3. The Toltec civilization b. built cities with decentralized
governments
4. The Aztec civilization
c. was ended by invaders who destroyed
their capital around 1100 C.E.
d. lasted for 750 years
2 Fill in the blanks using the words below.
Tenochtitlan Mesoamerica Teotihuacan Nahuatl Mayans
Aztecs Europeans Inca Empire Yucatan Peninsula
1. The reached the continents of North and South America in
th
the 15 century.
2. Civilizations of the Americas developed in .
3. The settled in what is now the Mexico/Guatemala border
and in the .
4. means “Birthplace of the Gods.”
5. The built a city called on an island
in Lake Texcoco.
6. The developed in the Andes Mountains of South America.
7. The word “chocolate” was influenced by the language.
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