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SS chapt 1 A
social studies vocab
Term | Definition |
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artifacts | things left behind by early peoples, such as stone tools |
adobe | a type of sun-dried mud brick |
archaeology | the study of ancient people |
Aztecs | a great Native American civilization occupying central and southern Mexico - known as great warriors |
Bering Strait | a body of water between Asia and Alaska where a land bridge existed during the Ice Age that was used by nomads to cross over to the New World |
carbon dating | a scientific method to find out the age of an artifact |
civilization | a highly developed society |
culture | the total way of life of a particular group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
drought | a long period with very little rainfall |
Federation | a government linking different groups |
geography | the study of the earth's features |
glacier | a frozen river of ice |