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Unit 1 Archeology and Native Americans Vocabulary Section 1: Archeology and Cactus Hill WORD DEFINITION SIMILAR WORDS or EXAMPLES analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it breakdown, examination inquiry, investigation, study archeology (or archaeology= British spelling) study of human behavior and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artifacts artifact an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest Examples: stone tools, weapons, baskets, and early carvings Section 2: Resources WORD DEFINITION SIMILAR WORDS or EXAMPLES environment everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health climate, habitat, setting, surroundings natural resources Something, such as a forest, a mineral deposit, or fresh water, that is found in nature and is necessary or useful to humans Examples: water, trees, sunlight, rocks, minerals, wind, fossil fuels capital resources human-made goods, tools, machines and buildings used to produce other goods and services Examples: smartphone, delivery truck, calculator, building, pens, paper, pizza box human resources the people who make goods or provide services Examples: teacher, doctor, pizza delivery person, police officer Unit 1: Archeology and Native Americans Section 1: Vocabulary KEEP!
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Unit 1Archeology and Native Americans Vocabulary
Section 1: Archeology and Cactus Hill
WORD DEFINITION SIMILAR WORDS or EXAMPLES
analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it
breakdown, examination inquiry, investigation, study
archeology(or archaeology= British spelling)
study of human behavior and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artifacts
artifact an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
Examples: stone tools, weapons, baskets, and early carvings
Section 2: Resources
WORD DEFINITION SIMILAR WORDS or EXAMPLES
environment everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health
climate, habitat, setting, surroundings
natural resources Something, such as a forest, a mineral deposit, or fresh water, that is found in nature and is necessary or useful to humans
Examples: water, trees, sunlight, rocks, minerals, wind, fossil fuels
capital resources human-made goods, tools, machines and buildings used to produce other goods and services
Examples: smartphone, delivery truck, calculator, building, pens, paper, pizza box
human resources the people who make goods or provide services
Examples: teacher, doctor, pizza delivery person, police officer
Unit 1: Archeology and Native Americans Section 1: Vocabulary
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Section 3: Tribes
WORD DEFINITION SIMILAR WORDS or EXAMPLES
tribe Native Americans who share common culture and geography
caste, clan, dynasty, kin, kindred, race, society
culture how people live, work, play, and make decisions together
civilization, customs, lifestyle, society, way of life
shelter a type of home where people are protected from weather
cover, dwelling, home, lodging, refuge,
disperse to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
scatter, spread
adaptation changing your strategy to meet new challenges
adjustment, modification, transformation, variation
Eastern Woodland
the land between the Mississippi River and the east coast that was covered with forest
Pacific Northwest a region in northwestern North America, lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
“Three Sisters” a planting method used by Native Americans. They planted the three sisters: corn, beans, and squash together. Beans produced nitrogen for the corn, Squash covered the ground and provided a natural weed control, corn supported the beans vertical growth
Unit 1: Archeology and Native Americans Section 1: Vocabulary
