Ch 2

Question 1

nomad:

Answer 1

A person who has no permanent home but keeps moving from place to place

Question 2

ancestor:

Answer 2

A family member who lived long ago

Question 3

extinct:

Answer 3

Having died out completely as a kind of animal

Question 4

adapt:

Answer 4

To change or adjust

Question 5

agriculture:

Answer 5

Farming

Question 6

culture:

Answer 6

a way of live

Question 7

tribe:

Answer 7

A group of Native Americans under one leader or sharing a culture or land

Question 8

language group:

Answer 8

A group of two or more languages that are alike in some way

Question 9

artifact:

Answer 9

Any objoct made by people in the past

Question 10

archaoelogist:

Answer 10

A person who studies artifacts to learn how people lived long ago

Question 11

palisade;

Answer 11

A wall made of tall wooden poles.

Question 12

longhouse:

Answer 12

A long, narrow Iroquios home made of wooden poles covered with bark or grass mats.

Question 13

trade:

Answer 13

The buying and selling of goods

Question 14

wampum:

Answer 14

Beads, made from shells that were used by Native Americans as money and to mark agreements

Question 15

clan:

Answer 15

A group made up of families that are related to one another

Question 16

sachem:

Answer 16

A chief of a clan

Question 17

legend:

Answer 17

A story handed down by a group of people over time

Question 18

confederacy:

Answer 18

A loose group of governments that work together

Question 19

council:

Answer 19

A group that makes laws

Question 20

wigwam:

Answer 20

A round, bark-covered shelter used by the Algonquians

Question 21

division of labor:

Answer 21

The dividing of jobs among workers

Question 22

specialize:

Answer 22

The work at one kind of job that a person can do well

Question 23

scarce:

Answer 23

hard to find

Question 24

tradition:

Answer 24

An idea, a belief, or a way of doing something that has been handed down from the past

Question 25

ceremony:

Answer 25

A series of action performed during a special event

Question 26

heritage:

Answer 26

A way of life 5that has been passed down from one’s ancestors

Question 27

reservation:

Answer 27

Land set aside by a government for use by Native Americans

Question 28

generation:

Answer 28

The average time between the birtg of parents and the birth of their children