What caused sound waves in the early universe? (In the CMB etc.))

The map of Cosmic Microwave Background fluctuations shows the variations in temperature in the ancient CMB.

What originally caused these sound waves? I dont really get it, was it the fluctuations themselves?

here’s that map yo:

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&authuser=0&biw=1436&bih=806&tbm=isch&tbnid=6vxC6ZbWd3JIsM:&imgrefurl=http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~jh8h/Foundations/chapter14/chapter14.html&docid=u8X3-HFEf2VDHM&imgurl=http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~jh8h/Foundations/chapter14/cobe3.gif&w=658&h=340&ei=eoWYT-_jM8zcggejlLSBBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=157&vpy=169&dur=1004&hovh=161&hovw=313&tx=176&ty=86&sig=109790455819136706236&page=1&tbnh=97&tbnw=187&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:70