1. glacier - huge sheets of ice• 2. monopoly - control of all

trade or production of a certain good

• 3. adobe - sun-dried mud brick

• 4. confederation - a loose union of several groups or states

• 5. conquistador - Spanish conqueror or soldier in the Americas

• 6. treason - disloyalty to the government

• 7. hunters - gatherers-early people that survived by hunting for food and gathering food such as nuts and fruits; mound builders were hunters and gatherers that built mounds

• 8. quipu - knotted rope used to do mathematical calculations

• 9. Mesoamerica – a region that includes lands stretching from the valley of Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America

• 10. maize – a name for corn• 11. obsidian – volcanic glass• 12. hematite – a shiny volcanic stone

used to make mirrors

• 13. pueblos – Spanish word for village

• 14. igloo – dome shaped homes built of blocks of ice or snow

• 15. Chac – god of rain and sunlight• 16. alliances – political agreements

between people or states to work together

• 17. Quechua – the language spoken by the Inca

• 18. blubber – fat from seals or whales• 19. Great Peace – a code of laws that

governed the Iroquois Indians• 20. Coya – name for the wife of an

Incan ruler