Social 8 Chapter 7 Vocabulary

A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava

• obsidian

• plateau

• garrison

• tribute

a geographic area or region that supports similar forms of plant and animal life due to factors of climate and geography

• ecological zone

• obsidian

• oral traditions

• tribute

Before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

• oral traditions

• pre-Columbia

• semi-nomadic

• incentive

an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)

• ecological zone

• semi-nomadic

• conquistador

• tribute

soldiers stationed in a place to protect it

• incarnation

• altepetl

• incentive

• garrison

a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level

• garrison

• altepetl

• plateau

• tribute

stories passed down by word of mouth

• oral traditions

• incarnation

• garrison

• pre-Columbia

a positive motivational influence

• tribute

• incentive

• altepetl

• incarnation

combining nomadic wandering and farming in settlements

• incarnation

• semi-nomadic

• conquistador

• pre-Columbia

Answer explanation

combining nomadic wandering and farming in settlements

books made by Mayans out of the inner bark of wild fig trees

• plateau

• altepetl

• semi-nomadic

• codex