Chapters 1 & 2

the movement of a number of people (or animals), often to establish a new homeland

• immigration

• migration

• emigration

• gyration

communities of people who move from place to place, relying on plants and animals found in the wild for food

• Nomads

• Shepherd - Gatherers

• nomadic hunter-gahterers

• shiftless bums

Historians think that this Indian civilization was the first in North America.

• Inca

• Aztec

• Maya

• Olmec

The way a society behaves and its system of beliefs, laws, and customs

• Behavior System

• Society

• Culture

• Civilization

a group of people living together as a group

• community

• society

• culture

• civilization

a society ruled by god(s); government where the priests are in charge

• Theocracy

• Diplomacy

• Bureaucracy

• Cray-Cray

a kind of clay still used for building in the Southwest United States

• brick

• mortar

• adobe

• cinder block

this word means "ancient ones"

• elderly

• just plain old

• "over the hill"

• anasazi

people native to an area might be called _______________.

• 1st comers

• indigenous

• boring

• Iroquois

The five separate nations in the area of upstate New York: Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida made up this league (alliance).

• the Apache League

• the Mohican 5

• The Iroquois League

• The Cherokee Nation