Shaping NC Vocabulary

The forced movement of people from one place to another

• voluntary migration

• explorer

• tribe

• forced migration

A group of people from one country who build a place to live and work in another land or territory that is not their own.

• settlement or colony

• tribe

• region

• tradition

an area of land with common features

• tribe

• map

• region

• physical features

A flat representation of an area using symbols

• compass rose

• map

• legend

• settlement

The natural features of the land including landforms and bodies of water.

• physical features

• region

• compass rose

• legend

The earliest or first people in a place

• tribe

• tradition

• migration

• indigenous people

to give something or make something happen

• voluntary migration

• legend

• contribute

• colony

the choice to move from one home to another

• voluntary migration

• explorer

• tribe

• settlement

shows the directions North, South, East and West on a map

• legend

• compass rose

• physical features

• region

a social group that shares common ancestors, beliefs, culture, customs, and traditions

• explorer

• voluntary migration

• tribe

• settlement