Chapter 3 vocabulary

Question 1

Cultures

Answer 1

Ways of living of different groups of people. A group’s
culture includes such things as it’s language,beliefs,tools,types of homes, and ways of working and playing.

Question 2

Nomadic

Answer 2

Moving from place to place, often with changes of season. For example, some Native American groups were nomadic, while others stayed in the same place year-round.

Question 3

Cultural regions

Answer 3

Areas of the world where people develop 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

Artifact’s

Answer 4

Objects made by a group of humans, such as tools and clothes. Artifacts help us understand the ways of life of the group that 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 recourses

Answer 7

Materials that occur naturally in nature.

Question 8

Native

Answer 8

A person born at that place or a resident of that area.

Question 9

Map legend

Answer 9

Symbols printed on a map.