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Chapter 7 nsb
Definitons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adobe | Sun dried brick used by the Pueblo Indians for building |
| Pueblo | An above ground structure with many rooms |
| Kivas | Underground chambers in a Pueblo village used by the men for religious ceremonies or councils |
| Maize | corn |
| Iroquois league | An alliance of five Native American tribes formed in the 1500s for defense and self-governance |
| elite | A group of persons or a member of such a group enjoying superior intellectual social or economic status |
| slash-and-burn agriculture | A farming method in which fields are cleared for farming by cutting down and burning trees and brush |
| glyphs | A symbolic picture carved onto a surface |
| codex | books made by Mayans out of the inner bark of wild fig trees |
| alliance | a formal agreement between two or more nations entered into to advance common interests or causes |
| tribute | a payment made by conquered peoples to their conquerors in order to obtain society |
| quipu | in incan society a cord that contained knotted strings of various lengths, weaves, colors and design which functioned as a system of record keeping |
| census | a population count that includes other graphic data |