Chapter 3 Flashcards
Nomadic
Moving from place to place, often often with changes of seasons. For example som3 Native Americans groups where nomadic, while other stayed in the same place year round.
Cultures
Ways of living of different groups of people. A group’s culture includes such things as its language, beliefs, tools, types of homes, and ways of working and playing.
Cultural religion
Areas of the world where people develop similar ways of life, or culture. For example Native Americans in North America lived in several cultural regions. The group within each region had similar cultures.
Artifacts
Tools made by groups of humans, such as tools and clothing. Artifacts help us understand the ways of life of the groups who made them.
Mesas
A flat topped hill with area with steep sides.
Gorges
A narrow, deep valley with steep sides.
Natural Resources
Materials from earth that are used to support life and people.
Native
A person born in a in a specific place or associated with a place by birth.