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Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms

Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms. 1 Pre-history 2 matrilineal 3 allies 4 archaeologists 5 anthropologist 6 bands 7 maize 8 artifacts 9 wigwams 10 nomads 11 pre-contact 12 confederacies 13 hunter-gatherers 14 hunting grounds 15 mitotes 16 crop rotation 17 Mesoamerica

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Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms

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  1. Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms 1 Pre-history 2 matrilineal 3allies 4archaeologists 5anthropologist 6bands 7maize 8artifacts 9wigwams 10 nomads 11 pre-contact 12 confederacies 13 hunter-gatherers 14 hunting grounds 15 mitotes 16 crop rotation 17 Mesoamerica 18 tepees 19 hides 20 adobe

  2. Prehistory • Period of time before written record

  3. Matrilineal • Traced through the mothers side of the family.

  4. Allies • Friends who support one another.

  5. Archaeologists • Scientists who use remains of materials that they find to study peoples of the past.

  6. Anthropologists • Scientists who study and compare peoples to learn how they live or have lived.

  7. Bands • Groups of people as in groups of American Indian families. (Apache, Comanche, etc. )

  8. Maize • American Indian Corn

  9. Artifacts • Tools, Weapons, and other objects made by people.

  10. Wigwams • Circular Huts.

  11. Nomads • Groups of people who move from place to place.

  12. Pre-Contact • Time before Europeans arrived in the Americas.

  13. Confederacies • Alliances between different groups.

  14. Hunter-Gatherers • People who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food.

  15. Hunting Grounds • Areas where a group traditionally hunts for food.

  16. Mitotes • All-night celebrations held by the Coahuiltecan

  17. Crop Rotation • System of growing different crops on the same land over a period of years to improve the soil.

  18. Mesoamerica • Cultural region that includes what are now Mexico and northern Central America.

  19. Tepees • Movable homes used by some plains Indians that were made from animal hides stretched over long poles.

  20. Hides • Animal skins.

  21. Adobe • Building material made of dried clay mud.

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