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ch. 7 terms W.S
Question | Answer |
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sun-dried brick used by the pueblo Indians for building. | Adobe |
an above ground structure with many rooms | Pueblo |
underground chambers in a pueblo village, used by the men for religious ceremonies or councils. | Kivas |
corn | Maize |
an alliance of five (later, six) Native American tribes formed in the 1500s for defenses and self-governance. | Iroquois league |
a group of persons, or a member of such a group, enjoying superior intellectual, social o economica superior. | Elite |
a farming method in which field are cleaned for farming by cutting down and burning trees and brush. | Slash-and-burn agriculture |
a symbolic pic carved onto a surface. | Glyphs |
books made by Mayans out of the inner bark of wild fig tree. | codex |
a payment made by conquered people to their conquerors in order to obtain security. | tribute |
a formal agreement between two or more nation entered into to advance common interests or causes. | alliance |
used political alliance and military force to gain control of a huge territory. | Pachacuti |
in Incan society, a cord that contained knotted string of various lengths, weaves, colors, and design, witch functioned as a system of record keeping. | Quipu |
a population count that includes other demographic data. | Census |