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Ala History Study Guide 1
Study Guide 1 - Alabama History
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History
4th Grade
09/03/2012

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Term
Erosion
Definition
Comes from weather and climate over the years to become hilly.
Term
FOSSIL
Definition
PLANTS AND ANIMALS NO LONGER EXIST.
Term
Atlatl
Definition
Spear thrower.
Term
Inhabitants:
Definition
People who live in a particular place.
Term
Prehistoric
Definition
Before history was written down.
Term
Chiefdoms
Definition
Groups of tribes with common goals and beliefs that unite power.
Term
Petroglyphs
Definition
rock carvings
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Palisades
Definition
A fence of stakes  set firmly in the ground to enclose or protect a place.
Term
Migration
Definition
Moving from one region to another
Term
middens
Definition
refuse or garbage heaps
Term
Four states that border Alabama
Definition
Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia
Term
How many years ago did people first come to Alabama?
Definition
12,000 years ago
Term
Who made bowls and other items from stone?
Definition
paleo indians
Term
Which river borders  Alabama and Georgia?
Definition
Chattahoochee River
Term
Who used the bow and arrow first?
Definition
Woodland Indians
Term
Alabama is located in which hemisphere?
Definition
Northwestern Hemisphere
Term
At the end of the Ice Age, what were the five geographic provinces of the state?
Definition

1. Highland Rim

2. East Gulf Coastal Plain

3.Cumberland Plateau

4. Alabama Valley and Ridge

5. Piedmont Upland

Term
Who moved into Alabama following herds of now-extinct food animals?
Definition
Paleo Indians
Term
Who studies past cultures by looking at their tools, weapons, buildings, and other remains?
Definition
Archaeologist
Term
What do we call Scientists that study how the Earth was formed?
Definition
Geologists
Term
Which period were mounds built, and what were they used for?
Definition
Early Woodland Period
Term
How were the Woodland Indians and the Archaic Indians alike and different?
Definition

They were alike because they both hunted for food.

They were different because the Woodland Indians created burial mounds and grew crops.

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