Chapter 3 vocabulary

Question 1

Cultures

Answer 1

Ways of living of different groups of people. A group’s culture included 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 in the seasons. For example some Native American groups were nomadic while others stayed in the same place a year-around

Question 3

Cultural regions

Answer 3

Areas of the world where people develop similar wats 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 slides.

Question 6

Mesa

Answer 6

A flat-topped hill area with steep slides.

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.

Question 9

Map legend

Answer 9

A map legend defines features in a map. It simply displays the symbol followed by a text description of what that symbol represents.