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5 Social Studies
Chapter 1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Archaeologist | a person who studies artifacts and fossils of ancient people |
glacier | large sheet of moving ice |
civilization | population of people who share systems of trade, art, Religion and Science |
irrigation | method of supplying dry land with water through pipes |
adobe | bricks made of mud and straw |
totem pole | carved log painted with symbols representing the clan |
potlatch | special feast where guest receive gifts |
migrate | move |
Hogan | dome - shaped Navajo house |
teepee | cone shaped house covered with animal hides |
lodge | home made with logs covered with mud and grass |
travois | sled that is dragged by person or animal |
coup stick | stick used by Native AM. boys to celebrate bravery |
Slash and burn | Type of farming where trees are cut and under growth is burned to create fertile soil |
longhouse | Home made of bent polls covered with birch bark |
Wampum | polished beads made from shells wovens together |
Creek Confederacy | Group that served as protection for SE tribes |
clan | Groups of families |
Iroquois Confederacy | Group of five tribes doing to make peace and E woodlands |