Topic 1 Vocabulary

thick sheets of ice

• terrace

• quipu

• causeway

• glacier

small communities

• city-state

• settlements

• civilization

• surplus

extra

• surplus

• civilization

• glacier

• city-state

a society (people sharing language, territory, and economy) that has certain basic features

• city-state

• settlement

• civilization

• causeway

political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land

• civilization

• settlements

• city-state

• terraces

raised road made of packed earth

• causeway

• terrace

• quipu

• glacier

cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories

• terrace

• quipu

• adobe

• pueblo

wide, flat steps of land

• terrace

• quipu

• settlement

• glacier

the entire way of life of a people

• city-state

• culture

• settlement

• pueblos

sundried brick

• adobe

• pueblos

• potlatch

• clan