early Indian civilizations vocabulary

Question 1

Civilizations

Answer 1

a strong human society
EX: governments, social structures, ETC

Question 2

Mesoamerica

Answer 2

a cultural region around southern mexico

Question 3

Polytheistic

Answer 3

the belief in more than one god

Question 4

City-State

Answer 4

a self governing region

Question 5

Astronomy

Answer 5

closely watching stars, in this case for seasons

Question 6

Calendars

Answer 6

a system to keep track of dates

Question 7

Hieroglyphics

Answer 7

writing in symbols, instead of words

Question 8

Empire

Answer 8

a group of countries or regions controlled by one leader

Question 9

Plateaus

Answer 9

a high, flat piece of land

Question 10

Mummified

Answer 10

to preserve a body and wrap it in cloth

Question 11

Emperor

Answer 11

someone who rules many regions of land

Question 12

Sapa Inca

Answer 12

the name of the emperor of the Incas

Question 13

Allyus

Answer 13

people organized into 10-20 people in a family

Question 14

Terrace Farming

Answer 14

farming using terraces

Question 15

Terraces

Answer 15

flat pieces of land carved into hills or mountains for farming

Question 16

Irrigation Canals

Answer 16

canals water-tight to direct water to crops

Question 17

Litters

Answer 17

a chair or bed between to poles, carried by humans or animals

Question 18

Aqueducts

Answer 18

a canal made for moving water across land

Question 18

Montezuma II

Answer 18

the 9th and last emperor of the Aztec people

Question 19

Technochititlan

Answer 19

a city made by the Aztec

Question 20

Chinampas

Answer 20

floating gardens on water

Question 21

Adobe

Answer 21

homes made with logs or clay bricks

Question 22

Causeways

Answer 22

a bridge

Question 23

Epidemic

Answer 23

the spread of a contagious disease

Question 24

Multicropping

Answer 24

planting one crop, harvesting it, then planting a different type of crop on the same field

Question 25

Intercropping

Answer 25

planting multiple crops together

Question 26

Palisade

Answer 26

a fence to protect something from attack

Question 27

Moat

Answer 27

a stream around a structure

Question 28

Bluff

Answer 28

a high cliff, over looking a river

Question 29

Earthen Mounds

Answer 29

large, flat topped, made for a important building to go on top

Question 30

Hierarchy

Answer 30

a system where people are ranked based on status on authority

Question 31

Tribute

Answer 31

an offering or payment to a ruler or leader