Ch 2 Flashcards
(28 cards)
nomad:
A person who has no permanent home but keeps moving from place to place
ancestor:
A family member who lived long ago
extinct:
Having died out completely as a kind of animal
adapt:
To change or adjust
agriculture:
Farming
culture:
a way of live
tribe:
A group of Native Americans under one leader or sharing a culture or land
language group:
A group of two or more languages that are alike in some way
artifact:
Any objoct made by people in the past
archaoelogist:
A person who studies artifacts to learn how people lived long ago
palisade;
A wall made of tall wooden poles.
longhouse:
A long, narrow Iroquios home made of wooden poles covered with bark or grass mats.
trade:
The buying and selling of goods
wampum:
Beads, made from shells that were used by Native Americans as money and to mark agreements
clan:
A group made up of families that are related to one another
sachem:
A chief of a clan
legend:
A story handed down by a group of people over time
confederacy:
A loose group of governments that work together
council:
A group that makes laws
wigwam:
A round, bark-covered shelter used by the Algonquians
division of labor:
The dividing of jobs among workers
specialize:
The work at one kind of job that a person can do well
scarce:
hard to find
tradition:
An idea, a belief, or a way of doing something that has been handed down from the past
