Topic 1 Vocabulary

Glacier

• Thick sheets of grass

• Thick sheets of ice

• Thick sheets of asphalt

• Thick sheets of trees

Irrigation

• method to water crops from channeling water from rivers or streams

• method to water animals from channeling water from rivers or streams

• method to feed crops though fertilization

• method to wash plants to remove pesticides

surplus

• not enough

• extra, more than you need

• insufficient

• just enough

an advanced culture where people develop cities, language, an economy...

• culture

• city-state

• civilization

• settlement

the way of life for a group of people

• cultural difussion

• civilization

• city-states

• culture

small boats made from skins

• row boat

• life boat

• kayak

• tug boat

ceremony where the host showers the guests with gifts

• pot luck

• potlatch

• latch key

• Sachem

sun dried bricks

• pavers

• adobo

• masonry

• adobe

groups of families related to one another

• clan

• tribe

• city-state

• civilization

Sachem

• tribal warrior

• tribal cook

• tribal chief

• tribal prisoner