First Americans Vocabulary

the study of the material remains of ancient peoples

• archeology

• maize

• artifact

• strait

a narrow passage of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water.

• maize

• carbon dating

• strait

• civilization

a tool, weapon, or other object left behind by early peoples

• Hieroglyphic

• artifact

• federation

the movement of people into a new area

• migration

• federation

• civilization

• hieroglyphic

person who moves from place to place. No permanent home. 

• Nomad

• Migration

• artifact

• federation

a variety of corn

• artifact

• ufo

• maize

• farms

a scientific method of determining the age of an artifact

• nitrogen dating

• hydrogen dating

• oxygen dating

• carbon dating

a people's shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors

• culture

• irrigate

• traditions

• civilization

highly developed society

• nomadic

• terrace

• federation

• civilization

a broad platform of flat land cut into a slope

• maze

• farm

• terrace

• irrigate