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Wiker SS Ch. 2
Vocabulary from Ch. 2 of SS - The First Americans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a huge, slow moving mass of ice covering land | glacier |
| the movement of people | migration |
| a possible explanation | theory |
| a scientist who studies the culture of people who lived long ago | archaeologist |
| an object made by early people | artifact |
| a person’s child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on | descendant |
| a story by Native America people that tell about their beginnings and how the world came to be | origin story |
| an early family member | ancestor |
| a period of ten years | decade |
| a period of one hundred years | century |
| a period of one thousand years | millennium |
| a wandered who has no settled home | nomad |
| the use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something | technology |
| no longer in existence | extinct |
| farming | agriculture |
| a group of people who share the same language, land, and leaders | tribe |
| a culture that usually has cities with well developed forms of government, religion, and education | civilization |
| a group of people who are alike in some way; these groups may be treated with different amounts of respect in a society | class |
| the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders | slavery |
| a Spanish word for “village” | pueblo |
| to adjust ways of living to land and resources | adapt |
| something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used | staple |
| an amount that is more than what is needed | surplus |
| a series of actions performed during a special event | ceremony |
| a cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud | hogan |
| a boat made from a large, hollowed out log | dugout |
| to exchange goods usually without using money | barter |
| a special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing | potlatch |
| a group of families that are related to one another | clan |
| a house that was partially built over a hole in the Earth so some rooms could be underground | pit house |
| a long spear with a sharp point on one end | harpoon |
| a tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family’s history and importance | totem pole |
| a circular house of the Plains Indians | lodge |
| Earth cut into blocks or mats, held together by grass and its roots | sod |
| a cone-shaped tent make from wooden poles and buffalo skins | tepee |
| a device made of two poles fastened to a dog’s harness, used to carry possessions | travois |
| a wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals | palisade |
| a method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees | slash-and-burn |
| a round, bark-covered Native American shelter | wigwam |
| beads made from cut and polished seashells strung together and used to keep records, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or give as gifts | wampum |
| a long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together | longhouse |
| a loosely united group of governments working together | confederation |
| a group that makes laws | council |
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