Ch 1 The First Americans Vocabulary

What word means to move from one place to another?

• geography

• hunter-gatherer

• migrate

What word means the land and bodies of water of a place?

• irrigation

• geography

• agriculture

What word means a society in which there are organized systems of government, religion, and learning?

• technology

• nomad

• civilization

What word means the use of technology to bring water to crops?

• irrigation

• agriculture

• geography

What word means an early person who lived by hunting animals and gathering nuts, seeds, and fruit.

• hunter-gatherer

• nomad

• technology

What word means the weather in a place over time?

• irrigation

• climate

• geography

What word means a person who moves within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food?

• nomad

• hunter-gatherer

• migrate

What word means the planting and raising of crops?

• technology

• irrigation

• agriculture

What word means the use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work?

• agriculture

• irrigation

• technology

What word means a relative who lived in the past?

• ancestor

• civilization

• tradition