Question | Answer |
a scientist who studies what is left behind by ancient peoples | archaeologist |
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a scientist who studies the origin, history, and structure of Earth | geologist |
a wanderer | nomad |
the beliefs, customs, and civilization of a particular people or group | culture |
refers to the period before written history | prehistoric |
items such as bits of stone, bone, pottery, tools, cave paintings, andweavings that are left behind by people | artifacts |
a tool used by prehistoric peoples to help them throw spears or darts with greater force | atlatl |
a scientist who studies the origins, development, customs,and beliefs of humans | anthropologist |
farming | agriculture |
the shelter Woodland and later peoples made by bending togetherand tying small trees and then covering those trees with bark or animal skins | wigwam |
the rubbing of one object against another | friction |
the name given by Europeans to the clearing made by burning offexisting ground cover in order to plant crops | old field |
values or traditions handed down from previous generations | heritage |
moving from one area or country to another | migration |
an extreme shortage of food | famine |
natural resistance to disease | immunity |
a prehistoric culture that followed the Paleo Indians and that probably did not rely exclusively on hunting for their food | Archaic Indians |
the earliest primitive hunters of the prehistoric period | Paleo Indians |
a human culture that existed during the prehistoric period and that probably followed the Archaic culture includes the Adenaand Hopewell cultures | Woodland Indians |
Woodland Indians | |