Chap three

Question 1

Cultures

Answer 1

Ways of living of different groups of people.

Question 2

Nomadic

Answer 2

Moving place to place, often with changes of seasons. For example some native Americans were nomadic while others stayed in the Same place year round.

Question 3

Cultural regions

Answer 3

Areas of the world where people developed similar ways of life or cultures. For example Native Americans in North America lived in several cultural regions. The groups within each region had similar cultures.

Question 4

Artifacts

Answer 4

Objects made by groups of humans such as tools and clothes. Artifacts help us understand the ways of life of the groups who made them.

Question 5

Gorges

Answer 5

A narrow deep valley with steep sides

Question 6

Mesa

Answer 6

A flat topped hill area with steep sides.

Question 7

Natural resources

Answer 7

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Question 8

Native

Answer 8

a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.