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18 Cards in this Set
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A mixture of sand and straw that is dried into bricks |
adobe |
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the spread of a culture from one place to another |
cultural diffusion |
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a wanderer who has no settled home |
nomad |
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farming |
agriculture |
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a small group of people who together do activities |
band |
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a group made up of many bands of people with a shared culture and land(band) |
tribes |
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a scientist who studies the cultures of people from long ago |
archeologist |
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a group of families that are related to one another |
clan |
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a special underground room where the anasazi held religious service |
kiva |
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why did oceans become shallower |
glaciers locked up the water |
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who built pueblos |
anwaza people |
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how do indian people tell of their beliefs about the world |
they told origin stories |
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why is the Olmec culture known as the mother civilization |
people learned from the Olmec culture |
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the development of what allowed people to keep a surplus of food |
the development of agriculture |
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Beringia once connected what areas |
North America and Asia |
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archeologists disagree about when early people first arrived in the Americas. Describe the early arrival theory |
People arrived in the Americas 12,000 years ago. There is not enough evidence to say that people arrived any earlier than 12,000 years ago. |
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Describe 3 changes in how people lived or how they made their living after agriculture was developed |
1. They didn't move any more
2. They made stuff, then traded.
3. They could stock up on food |
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The culture of the early Indian peoples were affected by the environment in which they lived. Write 3 sentences explaining how changes in the weather and climate of their environments affected these early people. |
1. Earth has had long periods of freezing weather
2. The weather was not as cold during the short summer
3. It was so cold there were sheets of ice called glaciers. |
