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The First Americans
Term | Definition |
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anthropology | the study of early humans |
archaeology | the study of past people by examining artifacts |
artifact | objects left behind by humans |
Beringia | what scientists call the now covered land bridge separating Asia and N. America |
glacier | a large sheet of ice |
nomad | a person who does not settle in one place |
hunter-gatherer | a person who survives by having to find their food and resources |
Native Americans | the descendants of the First Americans |
geography | the study of people, their environments, and resources |
culture | way of life also a group of people who share a way life |
civilization | an advanced culture |
latitude | aka parallels, run east/west, measure north/south of Equator, never touch each other |
longitude | aka meridians, run north/south, measure east/west of Prime Meridian, meet at poles |
Equator | zero degrees line of latitude |
Prime Meridian | zero degrees line of longitude |
cartographer | person who makes maps |
key | explains meaning of symbols on a map |
elevation | height above sea level |
compass rose | shows north, south, east and west |
hemisphere | half of the Earth |
relative location | the location of a place relative to another place |
exact location | the location of a place using latitude and longitude |