Vocabulary
Sun-dried brick
Adobe
A group of two or more related families
Clan
A thick sheet of ice.
Glacier
The alliance of Iroquois nation
Iroquois League
To travel all the way around the Earth
Circumnavigate
A community of people that share common customs, languages, and rituals.
Tribe
A wide shelf of land cut into a hill side
A society-or a people sharing a language, territory, and economy-that has certain basic features.
Civilization
An area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land
colony
An entire way of life developed by a people
Culture
The process of spreading ideas from one culture to another
Diffusion
A political unit that controls its city and its surrounding land
City-State
A relationship between two people who share a common ancestor, or a system of classifying such relationships.
Kinship
A network of overland trade routes linking China to the middle East
Silk Road
A ceremonial diner held by some Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to show of their wealth
Potlatch
An area ruled by a lord including the lords castle and the area around it
The global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the counter between the peoples of the Eastern and Western hemisphere
Columbian Exchange
The burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300-1600’s
Renaissance
A place or region newly settled
Settlement
A raised road made of packed earth
Causeway
A group of people who travel together for safety
Caravan
A device made of cord or strings with knots that stood for quantities; used by the Incas to keep accounts and records.
Quipu
A system of rule by lords who ruled their own lands but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch
Feudalism
a navigational instruments used to determine latitude, or location north and south of Earth’s equator
Astrolabe
The moment in history that marks a decisive change
Turning Point