vocabulary very easy
thick sheet of ice
Glaciers
groups of people traveling together for safety
caravans
process of spreading ideas from one culture or another
diffusion
a community of people who share common customs, language, and rituals
tribe
extra
surplus
buildings of sundried brick
adobes
helped sailors determine their latitude while at sea
astrolabe
entire way of life of a people: including homes, clothing, economy, arts, government, religion, language.
culture
a society or people sharing a language, territory, and economy - that has certain basic features.
civilization
a group of related families
clan
included the lord"s castle and the land around it
manor
raised roads to connect the civilizations to one another.
causeways
wide flat steps of land. Allowed farming on hilly ground.
terraces
small communities were established
settlements
great burst of learning and technological innovation
renaissance
collections of the adobe created villages
pueblos
a council of 50 specially chosen tribal leaders, called sachems met once a year
iroquois league
sharing a common ancestor
kinship
ceremonial dinner
potlach
an area in which people share a similar way of life
culture region
political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land.
city-state
were a series if wars fought by christians to control the region the known as as the Holy Land or Palestine
crusades