Bell work 6-10

Question 1

Assimilation

Answer 1

to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group

Question 2

Tyrannical

Answer 2

a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler

Question 3

Civilization

Answer 3

refinement of thought, manners, or taste

Question 4

Astronomy

Answer 4

the study of objects and matter outside the earth’s atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties

Question 5

Terrace

Answer 5

a relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building

Question 6

Gradually

Answer 6

moving, changing, or developing by fine or often imperceptible degrees

Question 7

Connection

Answer 7

causal or logical relation or sequence

Question 8

Slash and burn

Answer 8

characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture

Question 9

Hieroglyphic

Answer 9

written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters

Question 10

Artifact

Answer 10

something characteristic of or resulting from a particular human institution, period, trend, or individual

Question 11

Privilege

Answer 11

a right or immunity grated as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative

Question 12

Freedom

Answer 12

liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : independence

Question 13

Observatory

Answer 13

a building or place given over to or equipped for observation of natural phenomena

Question 14

Mesoamerica

Answer 14

region extending from modern northwestern Mexico approximately to El Salvador that was occupied during pre-Columbian times by peoples (such as the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs) with shared cultural features

Question 15

Slave

Answer 15

some or something that is completely subservient to a dominating person or influence