The First Americans
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| anthropology | the study of early humans
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| archaeology | the study of past people by examining artifacts
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| artifact | objects left behind by humans
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| Beringia | what scientists call the now covered land bridge separating Asia and N. America
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| glacier | a large sheet of ice
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| nomad | a person who does not settle in one place
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| hunter-gatherer | a person who survives by having to find their food and resources
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| Native Americans | the descendants of the First Americans
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| geography | the study of people, their environments, and resources
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| culture | way of life also a group of people who share a way life
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| civilization | an advanced culture
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| latitude | aka parallels, run east/west, measure north/south of Equator, never touch each other
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| longitude | aka meridians, run north/south, measure east/west of Prime Meridian, meet at poles
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| Equator | zero degrees line of latitude
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| Prime Meridian | zero degrees line of longitude
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| cartographer | person who makes maps
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| key | explains meaning of symbols on a map
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| elevation | height above sea level
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| compass rose | shows north, south, east and west
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| hemisphere | half of the Earth
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| relative location | the location of a place relative to another place
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| exact location | the location of a place using latitude and longitude
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