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The American Journey
"DMS" The American Journey Ch. 1
terms | definitions |
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archeology | study of past places and artifacts (things) people left behind |
artifact | tool, pottery, paintings, weapons, building, and household items left behind by early people |
ice age | periods of very cold temperatures when part of the earth was covered with large ice sheets |
nomads | people who move from place to place |
migration | a movement of a large number of people |
maize | early form of corn |
carbon dating | measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in something that was once alive in order to tell approximately how long ago it lived |
culture | way of life of different groups of people |
civilization | highly developed societies |
theocracy | society ruled by religious leaders |
hieroglyphics | a form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds |
terraces | platforms cut into steep slopes so crops can be planted |
pueblo | villages |
drought | long periods of time with little rainfall, so crops dry up |
adobe | type of sundried mud brick used to build homes |
federations | governments that linked different groups with formal law codes |