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More Definitions FoodJobs 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Clues of Archaeology Definitions
Preserved remains of plants and animals long ago
What are fossils?
Beliefs and customs
What is folklore?
An object that was made and used by people long ago
What is an artifact?
Change
What is adapt?
To move from one place to settle in another
What is migrate?
A scientist who studies the lives and cultures of people from the past
What is an archeologist?
A scientist who learns about the past by studying fossils
What is a paleontologist?
A system of ruling people
What is a government?
The practice of planting and growing crops
What is agriculture?
A spear that could be thrown
What was the atlatl?
The reason artifacts are important to archaeologists
They offer clues to what life was like in the past
How archaeologists know the Mississippians were skilled craftspeople
They have found jewelry, pottery, and tools
The way the Spanish explorers killed thousands of Native Americans
They brought germs that caused diseases.
The period in which Native Americans built mounds
What was the Mississippian period?
Reason the Native Americans developed the atlatl
They needed to hunt smaller animals
How the people of the Paleo-Indian period got food
Hunted large animals and gathered plants to eat
Foods brought to Alabama by the Native Americans
What are corn and squash?
The first group to plant and grow their own crops
Who were the Woodland Indians?
Planting and growing crops
What is agriculture?
Native Americans had to do this since the large animals died out (vocabulary word)
What is adapt?
The people who built the homes and meeting places
Who were the men?
The people who made the clothes, baskets, and pottery
Who were the women?
The celebration in which last year’s fire was put out
What was the Green Corn Ceremony?
The way the women got ready for the Green Corn Ceremony
What is cleaning everything?
The first group of Native Americans
Who were the Paleo-Indians?
Make your wager
After the Spanish came, new groups formed. Name the 4 groups.
Who were the Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Cherokee Indians?