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SS test unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ARCHAEOLOGISTS | PEOPLE WHO STUDY TOOLS, BONES, AND REMAINS OF ANCIENT PEOPLE |
| GLACIERS | DURING THE ICE AGE WATER FROZE INTO THICK SHEETS OF SLOW MOVING ICE, THEY ARE CALLED GLACIERS. |
| CIVILIZATION | POPULATION THAT SHARED SYSTEMS OF TRADE, ART, RELIGION AND SCIENCE. |
| ADOBE | THE HOHOKAM BUILT HOMES MADE OF MUD AND STRAW, WHICH WERE PARTLY UNDERGROUND IN PITS. THESE HELPED THE HOMES KEEP HOMES COOL IN THE DAY AND WARM IN THE NIGHT |
| IRRIGATION | HOHOKAM USED IRRIGATION TO GUIDE WATER FROM RIVERS TO THEIR FIELDS |
| TIME LINE | A TIME LINE LISTS EVENTS IN HISTORY. |
| B,C | B.C STANDS FOR BEFORE CHRIST |
| A.D | A.D STANDS FOR AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST |
| B.C.E | B.C.E STANDS FOR BEFORE THE COMMON ERA |
| TIME LINE | TIME LINE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TIME PERIODS |
| CENTURY | A CENTURY IS 100 YEARS |
| TIME LINE BELOW | A TIME LINE BELOW IS A PARALLEL TIME LINE |
| CIRCA | CIRCA MEANS AROUND OR ABOUT |
| TOTEM POLE | PACIFIC NORTH WEST GROUPS USED WOOD TO MAKE TOTEM POLES, WHICH ARE CARVED LOGS THAT ARE PAINTED WITH SYMBOLS OF ANIMALS OR PEOPLE |
| POTLACH | WHEN A TOTEM POLE ARE RAISED, THE FAMILES HOLD POTLACH, WHICH ARE SPECIAL FEASTS, AT WHICH GUESTS, NOT HOSTS RECEIVE GIFTS |
| TILINGIT | THE TILINGIT SETTLED IN THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST AND THEY GOT MOST OF THEIR FOOD AND GOODS FROM THE SEA. |
| MIGRATE | TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER |
| HOGAN | THE NAVAJO LIVED IN HOGAN, WHICH ARE DOMED SHAPED HOMES WHICH ARE MADE OF LOG OR STICK FRAMES THAT ARE COVERED WITH MUD OR SOD. |
| TEEPEE | NATIVE AMERICANS BUILT HOMES USING BISON SKIN, CALLED TEEPEE. TEEPEE ARE CONE SHAPED HOMES MADE WITH LONG POLES COVERED WITH ANIMAL SKINS |
| LODGE | LODGES AREW HOMES MADE WITH LOGS COVERED WITH GRASSES, STICKS, AND SOILS A FIRE IN A CENTRAL FIREPLACE PROVIDED HEAT AND LIGHT |
| TRAVIOS | A TRAVIOS IS A SLED LIKE DEVICE THAT IS DRAGGED BY PEOPLE OR ANIMALS. AT FIRST THE DOGS WERE TRAINED TO PULL THE TRAVOIS. LATER THE HORSES DID THE JOB |
| COUP STICK | THE NATIVE AMERICAN BOYS USED THE COUP STICK AS A SIGN OF COURAGE WHEN THE PARTICIPATED IN PRACTICE BATTLES. THEY USED HE STICKS TO TOUCH THE ENEMIES TO SHOW COURAGE. |
| SLASH AND BURN | BECAUSE THE FOREST WERE SO THICK, MANY GROUPSIN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS PRACTICED A TYPE OF FARMING CALLED SLASH AND BURN. IT S CUTTING DOWN OR SLASHING DOWN TREES AND BURNING THE UNDERGROWTH TO CLEAR ROOM FOR CROPS |
| LONGHOUSE | LONGHOUSES WERE FOUND IN IROQUOIS VILLAGES AND THEY WERE MADE OF BENT POLES COVERED WITH SHEETS OF BARK. THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE 334 FEET ALMOST THE LENGHT OF A FOOT BALL FIELD! |
| WAMPUM | WAMPUM IS IROQUOIS ART, WHICH IS POLISHED BEADS MADE FROM SHELLS THAT ARE WOVEN TOGETHER. IT WAS USED IN CEROMONIES OR AS GIFTS |
| CREEK CONFEDERACY | THE CREEK FORMED THE CREEK CONFEDERACY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE ENEMIES AND THE GROUPS SPOKE MUSKOGEAN LANGUAGES. THEY ALSO SHARED CUSTOMS, SUCH AS THE GREEN CORN FESTIVAL |
| CLANS | A CLAN IS A GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT SHARE THE SAME ANCESTOR |
| IROQUIS CONFEDERACY | IN 1570 IROQUOIS GROUPS JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM IROQUIS CONFEDERACY, ALSO KNOW AS THE LEAGUE. ITS GOAL WAS TO MAINTAIN PEACE AMONG THE FIVE IROQUOIS GROUPS OR NATIONS. |
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