ch.16 vocabulary terms: the americas
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Ch.16 Vocabulary Terms: The Americas. 1. glacier - huge sheets of ice 2. monopoly - control of all trade or production of a certain good 3. adobe - sun-dried mud brick. 4. confederation - a loose union of several groups or states - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1. glacier - huge sheets of ice• 2. monopoly - control of all
trade or production of a certain good
• 3. adobe - sun-dried mud brick
• 4. confederation - a loose union of several groups or states
• 5. conquistador - Spanish conqueror or soldier in the Americas
• 6. treason - disloyalty to the government
• 7. hunters - gatherers-early people that survived by hunting for food and gathering food such as nuts and fruits; mound builders were hunters and gatherers that built mounds
• 8. quipu - knotted rope used to do mathematical calculations
• 9. Mesoamerica – a region that includes lands stretching from the valley of Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America
• 10. maize – a name for corn• 11. obsidian – volcanic glass• 12. hematite – a shiny volcanic stone
used to make mirrors
• 13. pueblos – Spanish word for village
• 14. igloo – dome shaped homes built of blocks of ice or snow
• 15. Chac – god of rain and sunlight• 16. alliances – political agreements
between people or states to work together
• 17. Quechua – the language spoken by the Inca
• 18. blubber – fat from seals or whales• 19. Great Peace – a code of laws that
governed the Iroquois Indians• 20. Coya – name for the wife of an
Incan ruler