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Chapter 2 Lessons 1+2 Vocab
For vocab test on Wednesday, 11/16/11
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History
5th Grade
11/15/2011

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Glacier
Definition
A huge, slow-moving mass of ice covering land
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Migration
Definition
The movement of people
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Theory
Definition
A possible explanation
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Archaeologist
Definition
A scientist who studies the culture of people who lived long ago
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Artifact
Definition
An object made by early people
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Descendant
Definition
A person's child, grandchild, and so on
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Origin story
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A story or set of stories by Native American people that tell about their beginnings and how to the world came to be
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Ancestor
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An early family member
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Nomad
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A wanderer who has no settled home
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Technology
Definition
The use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something
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Extinct
Definition
No longer in existence
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Agriculture
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Farming
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Tribe
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A group of people who share the same language, land, and leaders
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Civilization
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A culture that usually has cities with well-developed forms of government, religion, and learning
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Class
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A group of people who are alike in some way; classes are treated with different amounts of respect in a society
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Slavery
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The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders
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Pueblo
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A spanish word for village
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