1. Illustrated Glossary Unit 1 Grade 5 A New World Rising

2. artifact
usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

3. Caribbean
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a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts

4. chinampas
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small, stationary, artificial islands built on a freshwater lake to grow crops

5. city-state
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an area that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it

6. civilization
the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

7. codex
the first kind of book made up of a number of sheets of paper or papyrus, hand-written, usually stacked and bound by fixing one edge and with covers thicker than the sheets

8. creation myth
symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it

9. culture
the characteristic features of everyday life shared by people in a particular place or time

10. environment
whole complex of factors such as soil, climate, and living things that influence the form and the ability to survive of a plant, animal, or human being

11. glyphs
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symbolic figures or a characters (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually cut in or carved in relief

12. a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
hieroglyphics
a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters

13. hypothesis
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something not yet proved but assumed to be true for purposes of further study or investigation

14. the images or symbols related to something (in this case lunch)
iconography
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the images or symbols related to something (in this case lunch)

15. bringing in water to the land to help plants grow
irrigation
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bringing in water to the land to help plants grow

16. land bridge
an isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals, plants, and human beings are able to cross

17. Mesoamerica
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the geographic region extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.

18. moving from one country, place, or locality to another
migration
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moving from one country, place, or locality to another

19. a region that includes Canada and the United States
North America
a region that includes Canada and the United States

20. Paleo-Indians
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name given to the first peoples who entered, and subsequently lived, in the American continents during the final glacial periods

21. quipu
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an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of colored threads knotted in different ways

22. South America
a continent and region of the Western Hemisphere southeast of North America and has much of it south of the Equator

23. terracing
make or form sloping land into a number of level areas resembling a series of steps to create a flat area to farm

24. environment
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

25. aqueduct
An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley

26. gorge
A narrow valley between hills or mountains

27. pulley system
a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain can run and lift a heavy object.