Chapter 15 (Unit 1 - 2) Flashcards
To move from one country, place, or locality to another.
Migration
The physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops.
Milieu
Of, or relating to, or including two distinct cultures.
Bicultural
A person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world.
Cosmopolitan
To exist together or at the same time: to live in peace with each other.
Coexistence
Money or goods that a ruler or country gives to another ruler or country, especially for protection.
Tribute
An Amerindian ceremonial structure that is usually round and partly underground.
Kiva
An environment that has all the things that a particular plant or animal needs in order to live.
Niche
Winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the seasonal impact of high and low pressure over India and the Himalaya Mountains.
Monsoon
A group of up to 100 families that served as a social building block of an altepetl (ethnic state) in ancient Mesoamerica.
Calpolli