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Extra
100
system of ranking members of a group according to their importance
What is hierarchy?
100
a bowl shaped area
What is a basin?
100
portable, cone-shaped home made by Native Americans who lived on the plain
What is a teepee?
100
farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned and the ash used as fertilizer
What is flash and burn agriculture?
100
a symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
What is a hieroglyphic?
200
a system of government in which the monarch has unlimited power over the government
What is an absolute monarchy?
200
a mountain range that runs along the western edge of South America
What is the Andes?
200
domed house made from blocks of snow by Native Americans who lived in the Artic
What is an igloo?
200
long period of extremely dry weather
What is a drought?
200
this Mayan ruin sounds like it was named after a farm animal or Italian food
What is Chichen Itza?
300
the type of government the U.S. has
What is a democracy?
300
building for observing the sky
What is an observatory?
300
an object made by a human being
What is an artifact?
300
strip of level land cut into a slope that is planted with crops
What is a terrace?
300
a record keeping device made of knotted strings, used by the Incas
What is a quiou?
400
the Incan system for payment of taxes with labor
What is the Mita system?
400
artificial island built by the Aztecs
What is a chinampas?
400
a rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans made from wood and bark or mats of reeds
What is a longhouse?
400
wall to hold back water
What is a dike?
400
feasting and gift giving ceremony in the Native American culture
What is potlatch?
500
in Incan society, a group of related families that pooled its resources to meet peoples needs.
What is an aylla?
500
natural volcanic glass used to make sharp blades and heads for spears and arrows
What is obsidian?
500
a home made by Northeastern Native Americans formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together with bark or reed mats
What is a wigwam?
500
channel that moves water over a long distance
What is an aqueduct?
500
colorful tropical bird
What is a quetzal?
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