Early Indiana Vocabulary

To move from one place to another

Migrate

People who hunt animals and collect fruits, nuts, and other foods to eat

Hunter-gatherer

The study of people who lived long ago

Archaeology

Remains of objects made or used by people who lived in the past

Artifact

To buy, exchange, or sell goods

Trade

A hill or ridge of earth, stone, or other material (many Indian tribes buried their dead to form these)

Mound

A group of people who have highly developed trade, agriculture, art, government and science

Civilization

The way people worship

Religion

A person who studies the past

Historian

An agreement between two or more groups to work together in doing something

Alliance

Canoes that were made by hollowing out logs

Dugout

A team sport played with a ball and sticks with netted hooks used for catching and throwing the ball

Lacrosse

To travel to unfamiliar places in order to learn about them

Explore

A country or region that is ruled by another country

Colony

The movement of foods, animals and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

Columbian Exchange

A hunter and French trapper

Voyageur

A person who trapped animals for the fur trade without a license

Coureurs de bois

A person who teaches others about his or her religion

Missionary

Agreement between France and Britain which ended the French and Indian War

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Native American armed fight in 1763 against British western expansion

Pontiac’s Rebellion

British announcement that gave all land east of the Appalachian Mountains to the colonists and set lands west of the mountains aside for Native Americans

Proclamation of 1763

The act of NOT being loyal to one’s country

Treason

Money that people must pay to their government

Tax

The land at the edge of a settled area

Frontier

A plan of government

Constitution

An addition or change to the Constitution

Amendment

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

Bill of Rights