Earliest Americans
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 glacier | a huge, slow-moving mass of ice covering the land |
| migration | the movement of people |
| theory | a possible explanation |
| archaeologist | a scientist who studies the culture of people who lived long ago |
| artifact | an object made by early people |
| descendant | a person's child, grandchild, or later relative |
| origin story | a story of set of stories by Native American people that tell about their beginnings and how the world came to be |
| ancestor | an early family member |
| nomad | a wanderer who has no settled home |
| technology | the use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something |
| extinct | died out; no longer in existence |
| agriculture | farming |
| tribe | a group of Native Americans who share a language, customs, and culture |
| civilization | a culture that usually has cities and well-developed forms of government, religion, and learning |
| class | a group of people who are alike in some way |
| slavery | the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders |
| pueblo | a Spanish word for |
| adapt | fit their ways of living to the land and its resources |
| staple | something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used, |
| surplus | an amount that is more than what is needed |
| ceremony | a series of actions performed during a special event |
| hogan | a cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud |
| timeline | a diagram that shows events that took place during a certain period of time |
| decade | a period of ten years |
| century | a period of a hundred years |
| millennium | a period of a thousand years |
| dugout | a boat made from a large, hollowed-out log |
| barter | to exchange goods;usually without using money |
| potlatch | a special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing |
| clan | a group of families that are related to one another |
| pit house | a house that was partially built over a hole in the earth so some rooms could be underground |
| harpoon | a long spear with a sharp shell point |
| totem pole | tall wooden post that is carved with shapes of animals and people and that represents a family's history and importance |
| generalization | a statement that summarizes groups of facts |
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