CH. 4 VOCABULARY

Day 1 prehistoric culture extinction flint civilization

prehistoric Before written history

culture The pattern of knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, and traits that characterize a group of people

extinction State or condition of no longer existing

flint A hard stone

civilization A culture with a complex social structure and developments such as cities, trade, government, art, writing, and science

Day 2 Pictograph Social structure Mesoamerica Archaeologists Indigenous

pictograph A painting or a drawing on a rock wall left by ancient or prehistoric peoples

Social structure The way a society is organized

Mesoamerica An area of ancient civilization in what is now Central America

Mesoamerica….continued

archaeologist A person who studies historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analyzing their artifacts

indigenous Native peoples- Where you come from, your homeland

Talk a mile a minute!  Pictograph  Social Structure  Prehistoric  Culture  Artifact

Talk a mile a minute…..  Extinction  Flint  MesoAmerica  Archaeologists  Civilization

Day 3 Artifact Nomad Matrilineal Pemmican domesticated

Artifact  An object/ something that tells us about the past. It gives us clues as to what happened in earlier times.

artifact Any object made by human beings (Example- Mayan Calendar)

nomad One who moves from place to place with no permanent home

matrilineal A society based on female descent

pemmican Dried meat mixed with nuts and berries

domesticated Tamed animals

Day 4 Buckskin Adobe Treaties Descendants reservation

buckskin Soft leather made from deerskins

adobe A brick or other building material made of sun-dried earth and straw

treaties Contract or agreement between nations or people

descendants People descended from specific ancestors; offspring

reservation A tract of public land set apart for the use of American Indian people

Vocabulary Sentences 1. Native Americans made their arrowheads from ______. 2. Today the Tigua live on a ______ near El Paso. 3. The whites signed ______ with the Indians, but often broke them. 4. Some native groups ___________dogs to drag their belongings from place to place. 5. Plains Indians ate a dried, preserved food called ____________.

Vocabulary Sentences  6. Comanche women wore finely decorated _________dresses.  7. Some Indians lived as ___________ following the buffalo or looking for new food supplies.  8. ______________painted by ancient Texans have been found in caves in West Texas.  9. Two great empires, the Maya and the Aztec, thrived in _________________.  10. Some animals were hunted to _____________ and no longer exist.