| A | B |
| migration | movement of people from one region to another |
| ethnocentrism | belioef that one's culture is superior to another |
| archaeology | scientific study of the unwritten past |
| primary source | firsthand information about people or events of the past such as journals, diaries, photographs |
| history | scientific study of the written past |
| artifacts | remains of objects that have been made by humans |
| matrilineal | a society in which ancestry is traced through the mother |
| pre-columbian | time period in the history of the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus |
| culture | the way of life for a group of people |
| geography | study of people, their environments, and their resources |