The Earliest Americans Vocab

unburned brick made of clay and straw

• adobe

• kayak

• clan

• sachem

advanced culture in which people have developed cities, science, and industries

• surplus

• civilization

• glacier

• irrigate

way of life

• civilization

• culture area

• culture

• potlatch

region in which groups of people have a similar way of life

• sachem

• clan

• adobe

• culture area

group of families that are related to one another

• clan

• civilization

• culture

• culture area

thick sheet of ice

• sachem

• glacier

• kayak

• irrigate

to water crops by channeling water from rivers or streams

• adobe

• kayak

• irrigate

• surplus

boat consisting of a light wooden frame and covered with watertight skins and propelled by a double bladed paddle

• glacier

• clan

• sachem

• kayak

ceremony held by some Native American groups at which the hosts showered their guests with gifts such as woven cloth, baskets, canoes, and furs

• kayak

• civilization

• culture

• potlatch

member of the tribal chief council in the League of the Iroquois

• surplus

• sachem

• clan

• culture area