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SS Ch. 1 - Vocab
The First Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| migrate | How people and animals move around the world |
| hunter-gatherer | People that travel from place to place to hunt, fish and collect food |
| geography | The land forms and bodies of water of a place |
| custom | Ways of life that are done on a regular basis |
| tradition | A custom of belief that is passed on from one generation to the next |
| folklore | Traditional customs, beliefs, and stories |
| ancestor | A relative that lived in the past |
| government | A system for making rules and decision |
| council | A decision-making body that could be made of a group’s single leader or a small group leaders |
| confederacy | A group whose members share the same goals |
| league | A confederacy |
| economy | The system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods. |
| commodity | A trade good that is a raw material and not manufactured |
| trading network | Systems of trade routes that connects different areas |
| climate | The weather in a place over time |
| nomad | A person who moves from place to place |
| agriculture | The planting and raising of crops |
| technology | The use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work |
| irrigation | The use of technology to bring water to crops |
| civilization | A society where there are organized systems of government, religion, education and customs |
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