5th Social Studies - chp 1
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- a period of extreme cold during which much of Earth's water was frozen into glaciers
- Ice Age
- the Inca's capital located in Peru
- Cuzco
- a land bridge from Asia to Americas
- Beringia
- the practice of people owning other people and forcing them to work
- slavery
- a huge sheet of ice
- glacier
- a culture that has complex systems of government, education, religion, and often many people living in cities
- civilizations
- the place where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet
- Four (4) Corners
- a method of supplying dry land with water through a series of ditches or pipes
- irrigation
- to spend most of one's time doing one kind of job
- specialization
- means "land of the prickly pear cactus"
- Tenochtitlan
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"Before Christ"
Used to indicate a year occurring before the birth of Jesus Christ. - B.C.
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100 years
('cent' means 100) - century
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10 years
('dec' means 10) - decade
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means "anno Domini" ...
or in the year of the Lord.
A.D. is used for dates after the birth of Jesus Christ. - A.D.