Lesson 1 Vocabulary
This means to move from one place to another
What is Migrate
Thousands of years thick sheets of this covered much of North America.
What is ice
They lived in the far northern part of North America where it's frozen much of the year
Who are the Inuit
Ways of life that are repeated on a regular basis.
What are customs
A system for making rules and decisions
What is government
The land and bodies of water of a place
What is Geography
One of 2 civilizations in Central America and What is now Mexico.
What is Aztec or Mayan
Group of people that built graves and religious sites out of large earth materials.
Who are the mound builders
A custom or belief that is passed on from one generation to the next
What is tradition
A group of tribes whose members shared the same goal.
confederacy
The practice of planting and raising food
What is Agriculture
The 2 continents that Ancient Americans migrated to and settled in.
What are North and South America
They lived in a dry environment of Southwest America and used irrigation to be successful farmers.
Who are the Pueblo people
This confederacy was made up of 5 American Indian nations.
The Iriquois
The use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work
What is technology
People who travel from place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch, and fruit and nuts to collect.
Who are hunter-gatherers.
This groups built an entire island out of shells and lived on the Florida Coast.
Who are the Calusa
Traditional customs, beliefs, and stories past down through generations
folklore
Systems of trade routes that connect different areas
Trade Networks
Organized systems of government, religion, and learning
What is Civilization
The dry land bridge that the first Americans crossed when the migrated from Asia
What is Berengia
This group of people used fire to burn shrubs and grasslands so they could better hunt animals such as deer
Who are the Chumash
The system by which a groups makes, shares, and uses goods.
Economy