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Early Americans
Chapter 1
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09/22/2004

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migration
Definition
To move from one location to another
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glacier
Definition
a huge sheet of ice
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nomad
Definition
a wanderer who has no settled home
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band
Definition
a small group of people who work together to do activities
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theory
Definition
a possible explanation for something
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culture
Definition
a people's way of life
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artifact
Definition
an object that early people had made
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archaeologist
Definition
a person who studies the cultures of people long ago
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evidence
Definition
proof that something happened or existed
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origin story
Definition
a story about a people's belief of their place in the world and how it started
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extinct
Definition
no longer alive in the world
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technology
Definition
the use of scientific knowledge or tools to do something
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technology
Definition
the use of scientific knowledge or tools to do something
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agriculture
Definition
farming
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maize
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corn
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Religion
Definition
beliefs about God or gods
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tribe
Definition
a group of many bands of people with a shared culture
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surplus
Definition
more than is needed
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specialize
Definition
to work mostly on one job and do it very well
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civilization
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a culture with government, religion, and learning
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temple
Definition
a place of worship
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cultural diffusion
Definition
parts of a culture spreading to other cultures
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pueble
Definition
a group of adobe houses
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mesa
Definition
a high flat-topped hill
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kiva
Definition
an underground room where the Anasazi held religious services
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drought
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a long dry spell
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adobe
Definition
a mixture of sand and straw that is dried into bricks
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