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CH. 4 VOCABULARY

CH. 4 VOCABULARY. Day 1. prehistoric culture extinction flint civilization. prehistoric. Before written history. culture. The pattern of knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, and traits that characterize a group of people. extinction. State or condition of no longer existing. flint.

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CH. 4 VOCABULARY

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  1. CH. 4 VOCABULARY

  2. Day 1 prehistoric culture extinction flint civilization

  3. prehistoric Before written history

  4. culture The pattern of knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, and traits that characterize a group of people

  5. extinction State or condition of no longer existing

  6. flint A hard stone

  7. civilization A culture with a complex social structure and developments such as cities, trade, government, art, writing, and science

  8. Day 2 Pictograph Social structure Mesoamerica Archaeologists Indigenous

  9. pictograph A painting or a drawing on a rock wall left by ancient or prehistoric peoples

  10. Social structure The way a society is organized

  11. Mesoamerica An area of ancient civilization in what is now Central America

  12. Mesoamerica….continued

  13. archaeologist A person who studies historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analyzing their artifacts

  14. indigenous Native peoples- Where you come from, your homeland

  15. Talk a mile a minute! • Pictograph • Social Structure • Prehistoric • Culture • Artifact

  16. Talk a mile a minute….. • Extinction • Flint • MesoAmerica • Archaeologists • Civilization

  17. Day 3 Artifact Nomad Matrilineal Pemmican domesticated

  18. Artifact • An object/ something that tells us about the past. It gives us clues as to what happened in earlier times.

  19. artifact Any object made by human beings (Example- Mayan Calendar)

  20. nomad One who moves from place to place with no permanent home

  21. matrilineal A society based on female descent

  22. pemmican Dried meat mixed with nuts and berries

  23. domesticated Tamed animals

  24. Day 4 Buckskin Adobe Treaties Descendants reservation

  25. buckskin Soft leather made from deerskins

  26. adobe A brick or other building material made of sun-dried earth and straw

  27. treaties Contract or agreement between nations or people

  28. descendants People descended from specific ancestors; offspring

  29. reservation A tract of public land set apart for the use of American Indian people

  30. Vocabulary Sentences 1. Native Americans made their arrowheads from ______. 2. Today the Tigua live on a ______ near El Paso. 3. The whites signed ______ with the Indians, but often broke them. 4. Some native groups ___________dogs to drag their belongings from place to place. 5. Plains Indians ate a dried, preserved food called ____________.

  31. Vocabulary Sentences • 6. Comanche women wore finely decorated _________dresses. • 7. Some Indians lived as ___________ following the buffalo or looking for new food supplies. • 8. ______________painted by ancient Texans have been found in caves in West Texas. • 9. Two great empires, the Maya and the Aztec, thrived in _________________. • 10. Some animals were hunted to _____________ and no longer exist.

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