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Vocab Quiz - Unit 1
Quiz vocab study!
Question | Answer |
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Movement | People, ideas and goods (PIG) are transported from one place to another. |
Region | An area with similar physical or cultural characteristics |
Interaction | How people adapt to or change an environment to meet their needs |
Social | anything that deals with people and society |
Political | anything that deals with the government and law making |
Economic | anything that deals with the making and using money |
Geography | the study of the land/environment and its effect on people |
Anthropology | the study of how a group’s culture develops |
Sociology | the study of how people behave in groups |
Psychology | the study of how people think and behave |
Nomadic | hunter-gatherers who must always move around for food |
Beringia | name for exposed land the mammoths and nomads used to cross into North America |
Carbon Dating | when you measure the amount of radioactive carbon in an object to measure its age |
Culture | a way of life for a group of people |
Civilization | Highly developed and prosperous societies, an advanced culture |
Sedentary | stationary, permanent settlement |
Confederation | an alliance of independent groups working together |
Sachem | an Iroquois representative |
Tribal/Grand Council | meeting of Sachems to discuss and solve problems – all had to vote on decisions and decisions must be unanimous |
Effect | change that is a result of an action/cause |