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Ch.16 Vocabulary Terms: The Americas

Ch.16 Vocabulary Terms: The Americas. 1. glacier - huge sheets of ice 2. monopoly - control of all trade or production of a certain good 3. adobe - sun-dried mud brick. 4. confederation - a loose union of several groups or states

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Ch.16 Vocabulary Terms: The Americas

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  1. Ch.16 Vocabulary Terms: The Americas

  2. 1. glacier - huge sheets of ice • 2. monopoly - control of all trade or production of a certain good • 3. adobe - sun-dried mud brick

  3. 4. confederation - a loose union of several groups or states • 5. conquistador - Spanish conqueror or soldier in the Americas • 6. treason - disloyalty to the government

  4. happy halloween • 7. hunters - gatherers-early people that survived by hunting for food and gathering food such as nuts and fruits; mound builders were hunters and gatherers that built mounds • 8. quipu - knotted rope used to do mathematical calculations

  5. 9. Mesoamerica – a region that includes lands stretching from the valley of Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America • 10. maize – a name for corn • 11. obsidian – volcanic glass • 12. hematite – a shiny volcanic stone used to make mirrors

  6. 13. pueblos – Spanish word for village • 14. igloo – dome shaped homes built of blocks of ice or snow • 15. Chac – god of rain and sunlight • 16. alliances – political agreements between people or states to work together

  7. happy halloween • 17. Quechua – the language spoken by the Inca • 18. blubber – fat from seals or whales • 19. Great Peace – a code of laws that governed the Iroquois Indians • 20. Coya – name for the wife of an Incan ruler

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