1.1 Early Americas

Glacier

• Thick sheets of ice.
• A group of people sharing language, territory, and an economy.
• A political unit that controls a city and the surrounding land.
• Small communities

Surplus

• Extra supply of food.
• Thick sheets of ice.
• A group of people sharing language, territory, and an economy.
• A political unit that controls a city and the surrounding land.

Causeway

• Raised road made of packed earth.
• Extra supply of food.
• Thick sheets of ice.
• A group of people sharing language, territory, and an economy.

Quipu

• A cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories used by Incan runners.
• Raised road made of packed earth.
• Extra supply of food.
• Thick sheets of ice.

Terrace

• Wide flat steps of land.
• A cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories used by Incan runners.
• Raised road made of packed earth.
• Extra supply of food.

Culture

• The entire way of life for a people (clothes, homes, economy, arts, and government)
• Wide flat steps of land.
• A cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories used by Incan runners.
• Raised road made of packed earth.

Adobe

• Sundried mud brick.
• The entire way of life for a people (clothes, homes, economy, arts, and government)
• Wide flat steps of land.
• A cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories used by Incan runners.

Pueblo

• Buildings that are considered villages.
• Sundried mud brick.
• The entire way of life for a people (clothes, homes, economy, arts, and government)
• Wide flat steps of land.

Mound Builder

• Various cultures that built large earth mounds beginning about 3000 years ago.
• Buildings that are considered villages.
• Sundried mud brick.
• The entire way of life for a people (clothes, homes, economy, arts, and government)

Culture Region

• A region where people share a similar way of life.
• Various cultures that built large earth mounds beginning about 3000 years ago.
• Buildings that are considered villages.
• Sundried mud brick.