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Vocabulary from Ch. 2 of SS - The First Americans

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a huge, slow moving mass of ice covering land   glacier  
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the movement of people   migration  
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a possible explanation   theory  
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a scientist who studies the culture of people who lived long ago   archaeologist  
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an object made by early people   artifact  
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a person’s child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on   descendant  
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a story by Native America people that tell about their beginnings and how the world came to be   origin story  
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an early family member   ancestor  
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a period of ten years   decade  
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a period of one hundred years   century  
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a period of one thousand years   millennium  
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a wandered who has no settled home   nomad  
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the use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something   technology  
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no longer in existence   extinct  
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farming   agriculture  
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a group of people who share the same language, land, and leaders   tribe  
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a culture that usually has cities with well developed forms of government, religion, and education   civilization  
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a group of people who are alike in some way; these groups may be treated with different amounts of respect in a society   class  
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the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders   slavery  
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a Spanish word for “village”   pueblo  
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to adjust ways of living to land and resources   adapt  
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something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used   staple  
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an amount that is more than what is needed   surplus  
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a series of actions performed during a special event   ceremony  
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a cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud   hogan  
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a boat made from a large, hollowed out log   dugout  
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to exchange goods usually without using money   barter  
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a special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing   potlatch  
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a group of families that are related to one another   clan  
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a house that was partially built over a hole in the Earth so some rooms could be underground   pit house  
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a long spear with a sharp point on one end   harpoon  
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a tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family’s history and importance   totem pole  
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a circular house of the Plains Indians   lodge  
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Earth cut into blocks or mats, held together by grass and its roots   sod  
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a cone-shaped tent make from wooden poles and buffalo skins   tepee  
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a device made of two poles fastened to a dog’s harness, used to carry possessions   travois  
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a wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals   palisade  
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a method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees   slash-and-burn  
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a round, bark-covered Native American shelter   wigwam  
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beads made from cut and polished seashells strung together and used to keep records, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or give as gifts   wampum  
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a long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together   longhouse  
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a loosely united group of governments working together   confederation  
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a group that makes laws   council  
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