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CHAPTER ONE
AGE OF EXPLORATION
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archaeology | the study of ancient peoples-noun |
| Artifacts | the tools, weapons, and other objects that early people left behind-noun |
| Strait | is a narrow body of water that connects two larger ones.-noun |
| Migration | movement of people from one area to another-noun |
| Nomads | person who moves from place to place-noun |
| Sources | a supply-noun |
| Maize | a variety of corn-noun |
| Carbon dating | a scientific method of determining the age of an artifact-noun |
| Estimate | a rough calculation of a number-noun |
| cultures | a people's sh ared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors Close-noun |
| Civilization | highly developed society-noun |
| Complex | Highly detailed-adjective |
| theocracy | a society that is ruled by religious leaders-noun |
| hieroglyphics | a form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds-noun |
| linked | to connect-noun |
| terraces | a broad platform of flat land cut into a slope-noun |
| irrigated | to supply water to crops by artificial means-noun |
| channels | a long, narrow gutter or groove through which water can flow-noun |
| pueblos | a communal Native American structure with a flat roof; a type of Native American village-noun |
| federations | a government that links and unites different groups-noun |
| clans | a group of people who have a common ancestor-noun |
| structure | a building-noun |