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Vocab Quiz - Unit 1
Quiz vocab study!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |