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5th: Chapter 2 Vocab
The Earliest Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| glacier | A huge, slow-moving mass of ice covering land. |
| migration | The movement of people. |
| theory | A possible explanation. |
| archaeologist | A scientist who studies the culture of people who lived in the past. |
| artifact | An object made by early people. |
| descendant | A person's child, grandchild, or later relative. |
| origin story | A story or set of stories by Native American people that tells about their beginnings and how the world came to be. |
| ancestor | An early family member. |
| nomad | wanderers who had no settled home |
| technology | the use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something |
| extinct | died out |
| agriculture | farming |
| tribe | term often used to describe a group of Native Americans who share a language and customs |
| civilization | a culture that usually has cities and well-developed forms of government, religion, and learning |
| class | A group of people who are alike in some way. Classes are treated with different amounts of respect in a society. |
| slavery | The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders. |
| pueblo | A Spanish word for village. |
| generalization | A statement based on facts, used to summarize groups of facts and to show relationships between them. |
| adapt | To adjust way of living to land and resources |
| staple | Something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed or used. |
| surplus | An amount that is more than what is needed. |
| ceremony | A series of actions performed during a special event. |
| hogan | A cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering log frame with bark and mud. |
| dugout | A boat made from a large, hollowed-out log. |
| barter | To exchange goods usually without using money. |
| potlatch | A special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing. |
| clan | A group of families that are related to one another |
| pit house | A house that was partially built over a hole in the earth so some rooms could be under ground. |
| harpoon | A long spear with a sharp shell point. |
| totem pole | A tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family's history and importance. |
| lodge | A circular house of the Plains Indians |
| sod | Earth cut into blocks or mats, held together by grass and its roots. |
| tepee | A cone-shaped tent made from wooden poles and buffalo skin. |
| travois | A device made of two poles fastened to a dog's harness, used to carry possessions. |
| palisade | A wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals. |
| slash and burn | A method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees. |
| wigwam | A round, bark-covered Native American shelter. |
| wampum | Beads made from cut and polished seashells, used to keep records, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or to give as gifts. |
| longhouse | A long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together. |
| confederation | A loosely united group of governments working together. |
| council | A group that makes laws. |
| compromise | An agreement in which each side in a conflict gives up some of what it wants in order to get some of what it wants. |
| resolve | To settle. |
| time line | A diagram that shows events that took place during a certain period of time. |
| decade | A period of 10 years. |
| century | A period of 100 years. |
| millennium | A period of 1,000 years. |
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