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01 Heritage Studies5
America's First People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| archaeologists | look for and study artifacts to learn about the way ancient people lived |
| hogan | a dome-shaped Navajo home made of wooden poles |
| igloo | dome-shaped nomadic Inuit house made of blocks of snow and ice or sod |
| kiva | special room in pueblo set aside for religious activities |
| longhouse | rectangular Iroquois shelter |
| pueblo | American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe buildings |
| culture area of Navajos and Pueblos | Southwest |
| culture area of Inuits | Arctic |
| culture area of the Makahs | Pacific Northwest |
| culture area of Cherokees | Southeast Woodlands |
| Nez Perces tribe | named by French lived on the Plateau name means "pierced nose" |
| clovis points | suggest that the earliest Americans were hunters |
| wampum | used by Iroquois as money |
| cradleboard | frame used by Native Americas to carry babies on their backs |
| culture | customs, beliefs, creative arts, and institutions of a group of people |
| artifacts | studied by archaeologists in order to learn about past human cultures |
| Creation Mandate | God’s command for all people to fill the earth and rule over it |
| Bering Strait | possible crossing point of first Americans |
| How does shamanism conflict with the Christian worldview? | shamanism tries to get in touch with spirits while Chirtians trust God alone for help |
| Chumash | Native American tribe that lived in California |
| tomol | Chumash wooden canoe |
| migrate | to move from one region to settle in another |