Unit 6 Vocab

What were pueblos?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

Who were the Iroquois?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

What is obsidian?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

What is a glyph?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

What are totems?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Animals or other natural objects that serve as symbols of clans or other groups

What is an ayllu?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Small community or clan whose members worked together for the common good

Who were the Anasazi?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Early Native American people who lived in the Southwest

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

Who is Quetzalcoatl?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Toltec God

• Picture symbol used as part of a writing system

What is a quipu?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Arrangement of knotted strings used by the Inca to record numerical information

What is the Popul Vuh?

• Villages of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone

• Native American peoples from the eastern Great Lakes region of North America

• Hard, volcanic glass used by early peoples to make sharp weapons

• Book containing a Maya story of creation