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Social Studies Vocab
Native American Terms
Term | Definition |
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Glacier | A huge, thick sheet of slowly moving ice |
Migration | a movement from one region to another |
Agriculture | farming or growing plants |
Civilization | a group of people living together who have systems of government, religion, and culture |
Pueblo | a Spanish word for town |
Surplus | extra |
Potlatch | a large feast that will last several days |
clan | a group of related families |
Irrigation | a way of supplying water to crops with streams, ditches and pipes |
Staple | a main crop that is used for food |
Ceremony | a formal event at which people gather for important beliefs |
Lodge | a type of home that Plains Indians made using pole, bark, earth, and grass |
Nomad | a person who moves around a lot and does not live in one place |
Travois | a type of sled formerly used by North American Indians to carry goods, consisting of two joined poles pulled by a horse or dog |