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S.S. chp. 1
S.S. chp. 1 vocabulary
Term | Description |
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ice age | a period of extreme cold during which much of Earth's water was frozen into glaciers |
glaciers | a huge sheet of ice |
Beringia | a land bridge from Asia to Americas |
specialize | to spend most of one's time doing one kind of job |
civilizations | a culture that has complex systems of government, education, religion, and often many people living in cities |
Four Corners | the place where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet |
irrigation | a method of supplying dry land with water through a series of ditches or pipes |
Tenochtitlan | means "land of the prickly pear cactus" |
slavery | the practice of people owning other people and forcing them to work |
Cuzco | the Inca's capital located in southern Peru |