Vocab 1
A thick sheet of ice
Glacier
A raised road made of packed earth
Causeway
An entire way of life developed by people
Culture
The process of spreading ideas from one culture to another
Diffusion
To keep in an existing state
Maintain
A place or region newly settled
Settlement
A device made of cord or string with knots that stood for quantities; used by the Inca to keep accounts and records
Quipu
Sun-dried brick
Adobe
A ceremonial dinner held by some Americans Indians of the Northwest Coast to show off their wealth
Potlatch
An excess, or an extra amount
Surplus
A wide shelf of land cut into a hillside
Terrace
A town in the Spanish colonies; a village or town of the Anasazi or other American Indian groups in the southwest
Pueblo
A group of two or more related families
Clan
A society-or a people sharing a language, territory, and economy-that has certain basic feature
Civilization
As stated by
According to
A region in which people share a similar way of life
Culture region
The alliance of the Iroquois nation
Iroquois League
A political unit that controls a city and it's surrounding land
City-state
composed of two or more parts
complex
A community of people that share common customs, language, and rituals
Tribe
Distinguishing trait, quality, or property
Characteristic