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01 Heritage Studies5
America's First People
Term | Definition |
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archaeologists | look for and study artifacts to learn about the way ancient people lived |
hogan | a dome-shaped Navajo home made of wooden poles |
igloo | dome-shaped nomadic Inuit house made of blocks of snow and ice or sod |
kiva | special room in pueblo set aside for religious activities |
longhouse | rectangular Iroquois shelter |
pueblo | American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe buildings |
culture area of Navajos and Pueblos | Southwest |
culture area of Inuits | Arctic |
culture area of the Makahs | Pacific Northwest |
culture area of Cherokees | Southeast Woodlands |
Nez Perces tribe | named by French lived on the Plateau name means "pierced nose" |
clovis points | suggest that the earliest Americans were hunters |
wampum | used by Iroquois as money |
cradleboard | frame used by Native Americas to carry babies on their backs |
culture | customs, beliefs, creative arts, and institutions of a group of people |
artifacts | studied by archaeologists in order to learn about past human cultures |
Creation Mandate | God’s command for all people to fill the earth and rule over it |
Bering Strait | possible crossing point of first Americans |
How does shamanism conflict with the Christian worldview? | shamanism tries to get in touch with spirits while Chirtians trust God alone for help |
Chumash | Native American tribe that lived in California |
tomol | Chumash wooden canoe |
migrate | to move from one region to settle in another |