S.S 10\10\23 Flashcards
Thick sheets of ice
glaciars
small community
settlement
Extra food to support a large population
surplus
a society of people sharing a language, territory and economy
civilization
a political unity that controls a city and the land around it
city-state
raised roads made of packt earth
causeways
a cord or string with knots that stood for numbers or categories
Quipus
twide, flat steps of land jut out of the steep mountain sides
Terraces
the study of things from the past
archaeology
An item from the past
artifact
The area in Russia where beringia was connected to
siberia
The body of water between the pacific and arctic ocean during the ice age
Bering strait
How archaeologists told how old smth was based on how much carbon it has
carbon dating
system of gov’t where priests rule
theocracy
mayan city located on the Yucatan peninsula
chichen itza
religious center of the incas discovered by hyrum bigum in 1911
Machu pichu
One of the Mayan cities
tikal
the capital city of the Aztec
Tenochtitlan