Topic 1 Vocabulary - The Early Americas and European Exploration

What is a thick sheet of ice?

• glacier

• desert

• valley

• forest

What do you call a place or region newly settled?

• settlement

• desert

• island

• mountain

What is an excess, or an extra amount called?

• surplus

• deficit

• shortage

• scarcity

What is a society—or a people sharing a language, territory, and economy—that has certain basic features called?

• civilization

• colony

• tribe

• dynasty

What do you call a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land?

• city-state

• empire

• province

• nation

What is a raised road made of packed earth called?

• causeway

• tunnel

• bridge

• culvert

What is a device made of cord or string with knots that stood for quantities; used by the Incas to keep accounts and records called?

• quipu

• abacus

• astrolabe

• codex

What is a wide shelf of land cut into a hillside called?

• terrace

• valley

• plateau

• cliff

What is an entire way of life developed by a people called?

• culture

• technology

• economy

• government

What is sun-dried brick called?

• adobe

• granite

• marble

• concrete