| A | B |
|---|
| primary source | first hand account of an event |
| secondary source | second hand account of an event |
| sociology | study of how people live together and interact |
| geography | the study of the earth and human interaction with the environment |
| archaeology | the study of artifacts left by people |
| artifact | objects made by humans on the past |
| history | the study of why things happenedl; cause and effect |
| economics | the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services |
| government | how people are ruled |
| culture | the way of life developed by a group of people |
| adaptation | the act of adjusting the changes in the environment |
| oral history | passing down history through spoken words; storytelling |
| civilization | highly developed society |
| migration | moving from one area of land to another |
| Maya | ancient civilization located in Mexico and Central America |
| Aztec | ancient civilization located in central Mexico; floating garders for farming |
| Inca | ancient civilization located in Peru; terrace farming |
| longhouse | Iroquois home |
| Iroquois women | power to appoint chiefs; farmed |
| matrilineal | women are the head of the family |
| political science | the study of government; how people are ruled |
| anthroplogy | the study of culture; how people live |
| People of the Southwest | pueblos; irrigation systems |
| People of the Acrtic | Inuit; igloos; fishing; hunting |
| People of the Eastern Woodland | Iroquios;longhouses;fishing;farming;hunting |
| People of the Great Plains | tipis; hunting; buffalo; nomadic |
| People of the Northwest Coast | hunting; fishing; farming; totem poles; bark homes |
| nomads | people who moved from plade to place in search of food |
| Iroquois men | made the longhouse; war parties; hunted |
| Iroquois False Face Society | a group that healed the sick |
| Iroquois work and festivals | the way the Iroquois told time |
| storytelling | how Native Americans passed along their history |
| archaeologists | study artifacts; itmes left behind by ancient people |
| historians | study primary sources; letters, diaries; written records of the past |
