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Chapter 2
Time of Encounters
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Social Studies
5th Grade
09/18/2013

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glacier
Definition
A huge, slow moving mass of ice covering land.
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migration
Definition
The movement of people.
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theory
Definition
A possible explanation.
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archaeologist
Definition
A scientist who studies the culture of people who lived in the past.
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artifact
Definition
An object made by people.
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descendant
Definition
A person's child, grandchild, and so on.
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origin story
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A story or set of stories by Native American people that tells about their beginnings and how the world came  to be.
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ancestor
Definition
An early family member.
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time line
Definition
A diagram that shows events that took place during a certain period of time.
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nomad
Definition
A wanderer who has no settled home.
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technology
Definition
The use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something.
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extinct
Definition
No longer in existence.
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agriculture
Definition
Farming
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tribe
Definition
A group of people who share the same language, land, and leaders.
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civilization
Definition
A culture that usually has cities with well-developed forms forms of government, religion, and learning.
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class
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A group of people who are alike in some way.  Classes are treated with different amounts of respect in a society.
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slavery
Definition
The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders.
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pueblo
Definition
A Spanish word for village.
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adapt
Definition
To adjust ways of living to land and resources.
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staple
Definition
Something such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used.
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surplus
Definition
An amount that is more than what is needed.
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hogan
Definition
A cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud.
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ceremony
Definition
A series of actions performed durring a special event.
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