Chapter 3 vocabulary

Question 1

Cultures

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Nomadic

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Culture 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

Artifacts

Answer 4

Objects made by groups of human, such as tools and clothes. Artifacts help us understand the ways of life of 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

Resources that are in the area that you live in. For example the Inuit lived in the Arctic ice fields, they used animals for food, clothing, and tools.

Question 8

Native

Answer 8

If you are native to the area you were born there.

Question 9

Map Legend

Answer 9

It is markings on a map that