Unit 8 Vocab WH One

indigenous

• native people. Present before European colonization

• people who migrated after colonization

• people who are descendants of European settlers

• people who live in urban areas

regional

• part of a country that is different from other parts

• a type of government structure

• a method of transportation

• a cultural festival celebrated nationwide

architecture

• science of designing buildings

• study of ancient civilizations

• art of painting

• field of computer programming

arid

• wet, high humidity

• dry, low humidity

• humid, tropical

• cold, snowy

high altitude

• above sea level

• below sea level

• at sea level

• in the atmosphere

animism

• belief that plants, animals, and objects have spirits

• the worship of multiple gods

• the belief in a single deity

• the practice of ancestor worship