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The American Journey
"DMS" The American Journey Ch. 1
| terms | definitions |
|---|---|
| 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 |