442998821 | Archeologist | They study ancient history by looking at graves, buildings and tools | 0 | |
180045594 | Hoe | A tool used for agriculture | 1 | |
253982038 | Trowel | A small shovel | 2 | |
688211204 | Prehistoric | Something that happened before recorded history | 3 | |
213201825 | Nomads | People who travelled for food and shelter | 4 | |
125424895 | Civilization | A group of people living together for many generations | 5 | |
491816410 | Hieroglyphs | Sacred carving that stands for a word | 6 | |
109047230 | Boon | A help or blessing | 7 | |
170088822 | Intolerance | Not accepting another's belief or custom | 8 | |
877420033 | Scholars | A specialist in a particular area of study | 9 | |
537492108 | Conquest | Taking something by force, like Spain took the Americas | 10 | |
653444449 | Epigrapher | A person who studies ancient writings | 11 | |
52166736 | Land bridge | A bridge of land that once connected two continents | 12 | |
341081854 | Beast of burden | Mule, donkey, horse | 13 | |
276799737 | Sky dragon | One who is so infused into the hippie culture that they forget that one needs to actually work to get something achieved. They also tend to forget to buy new clean clothes. This is a group of people who will pay more for used goods than new ones. | 14 | |
192016763 | Drought | A shortage of water for a long time | 15 | |
88538616 | Foul temper | Not happy | 16 | |
820288714 | Maize | Corn | 17 | |
99876094 | Fickle | Changing loyalty frequently | 18 | |
387045126 | Thatched roof hut | A small structure with grass, twigs and sticks for a roof | 19 | |
77880180 | Codices | Ancient type of book written by hand | 20 | |
770517982 | Vari-colored | Lots of colors | 21 | |
921827836 | Hypothetical | A theory based on possibilities not facts | 22 | |
586091578 | Sprawl | Spread out | 23 | |
851129637 | Willy-nilly | All over the place | 24 | |
111000166 | Excavated | Digging things out of the ground | 25 | |
176955909 | Tortilla | Flat pancake made from maize | 26 | |
852669525 | Spindle | Pointed rod that twists the wool into thread; done by hand | 27 | |
19454067 | Obsidian | Hard rock black in color | 28 | |
350201144 | Terrace | Series of flat areas built like steps on the side of a hill so crops can be grown | 29 | |
274651141 | Cacahuatl | A chocolate drink | 30 | |
106214803 | Cacoa pods | An evergreen tropical American tree having leathery, ellipsoid, ten-ribbed fruits borne on the trunks and older branches. Also called chocolate tree. | 31 | |
875953802 | Midden | Refuse heap | 32 | |
1867268742 | Mother colture | A mother culture is a term for an earlier people's culture that has great and widespread influence on some later cultures and people. Though the original culture may fade, the mother culture's influence grows for ages in the future. | 33 | |
1428295898 | Radiocarbon | A machine that tells what time something dates back to | 34 | |
1615085915 | Levees | Something like a ditch to keep water | 35 | |
851436372 | Sacred | Something special that people worship | 36 | |
560989600 | Basalt | a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock | 37 | |
2303571752 | Ceramic | made of clay and hardened by heat. | 38 | |
2303576063 | Deity | A God or godess | 39 | |
2303577037 | Majestic | having or showing impressive beauty or dignity. | 40 | |
2303587171 | Reservoir | a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. | 41 | |
2303577793 | Citadel | a fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city. | 42 | |
2303579487 | Hypothetical | What ifs | 43 | |
2303580491 | Pandemonium | wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. | 44 | |
2303582020 | Vandal | a person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private property. | 45 | |
2303582608 | Pilgrim | a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. | 46 | |
2406954136 | Galley | a low, flat ship with one or more sails and up to three banks of oars, chiefly used for warfare, trade, and piracy. | 47 | |
2406958168 | Awning | a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a storefront, window, doorway, or deck. | 48 | |
2406958556 | Mantle | a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women. synonyms: | 49 | |
2406963932 | Relief | a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress. | 50 | |
2406964483 | Efficient | working in a well-organized and competent way. | 51 | |
2406966949 | Navigate | plan and direct the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transportation, especially by using instruments or maps. | 52 | |
2406967930 | Cenote | A Cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. | 53 | |
2406969354 | Architectural | Definition of ARCHITECTURAL. 1 : of or relating to architecture : conforming to the rules of architecture. : having or conceived of as having a single unified overall design, form, or structure. | 54 |
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