Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Vocabulary (Ancient American Indians)

Migrate means:

• to move

• to grow crops and raise livestock

• to follow your food

• the land and bodies of water in an area

Geography in this lesson means:

• a pattern of weather in a place over time

• the land and bodies of water in a place

• to move around

• to follow animals to hunt and to find nuts and berries to gather

A pattern of weather over a period of time is called:

• geography

• civilization

• technology

• climate

People who travel from place to place in search of food are called:

• civilization

• hunter-gatherers

• crazy

• stationary people

People who move around quite a bit are called:

• nomads

• stationary people

Technology is when you:

• move around a lot

• move around to hunt and gather food

• create a system for rules, government, religion, and learning

• use scientific knowledge and tools for work

Irrigation is a technology that:

• brings water to crops and farms

• moves around from place to place

• creates civilizations

• modifies and adapts the environment

Civilization is when people:

• predict the weather

• hunt and gather food

• create a system of government, religion, and learning that works for everyone

• practice agriculure

Climate is:

• a pattern of food

• a pattern of irrigation

• a pattern of weather over a period of time

• predicted by ancient technology