| A | B |
|---|
| century | a period of 100 years |
| millenium | 1,000 years |
| decade | 10 years |
| migration | movement of people |
| theory | a possible explanation |
| generalization | statement based on facts, used to summarize groups of facts and to show relationships between them |
| glacier | huge slow moving mass of ice covering land |
| origin story | a story or set of stories by Native American people that tells about their beginning and how the world came to be |
| civilization | A culture that usually has cities with well developed forms of government, religion, and learning |
| nomad | a wanderer who has no settled home |
| descendant | a person's child, grandchild and so on |
| tribe | a group of people who share the same language land and leaders |
| archaeologist | scientist that studies the culture of people who lived in the past |
| artifact | object made by people |
| ancestor | an early family member |
| time line | diagram that shows events that took place during a certain period of time |
| technology | use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something |
| extinct | no longer in existence |
| agriculture | farming |
| class | group of people that are alike in some way, treated with different amounts of respect |
| slavery | practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders |
| pueblo | Spanish word for village |
