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Unit 1 AC Vocab
How do Ancient Civilizations Compare? SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colony | a territory settled by people from another place, usually far away |
| Conquest | victories by invading armies |
| Diverse | containing many types of people or things |
| Harvest | to take and gather such crops as wheat and corn for use |
| Hunter-Gatherer | an early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals |
| Merchants | people who buy and sell goods |
| Mesa | a flat-topped hill with steep sides |
| Oral history | spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next |
| Prairie | flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers |
| Resistance | defense to diseases developed by the immune system |