1. Chapter 7
Vocabulary

2. putting one’s section of the country ahead of the nation as a whole
sectionalism

3. people or cultures who lived before written records
prehistoric

4. a scientist who studies the items left behind by ancient peoples
archaeologist

5. a scientist who studies artifacts, cave drawings, and oral history to learn about the culture of a group
anthropologist

6. a scientist who studies the origin, history, and structure of Earth
geologist

7. a wanderer
nomad

8. a carved stick that had a base at right angles to the shaft into which a hunter set a spear; enabled the hunter to fling the spear forward with more force and speed
atlatl

9. a group of people who share a common ancestry, name, and way of living
tribe

10. an extended family of people with a common ancestor
clan

11. describes a society where the “line” is traced through the “matri” or mother
matrilineal

12. moving from one area or country to another
migration

13. an extreme shortage of food
famine

14. natural resistance to disease
immunity