Ancient American Indian Civilizations Vocabulary

migrated

• moved

• argued

hunter-gatherer

• travels place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch, and fruit and nuts to collect

• does not travel

geography

• land and bodies of water of a place

• only the land of a place

climate

• modification of the environment

• the weather in a place over time

nomads

• people who do not move

• people who move within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food

agriculture

• the planting and raising of crops (food)

• limited hunting

irrigation

• the use of technology to bring water to crops

• organized sysytems of government

civilizations

• organized systems of government, religion, and learning

• people who move within a specific region in search of food

influence

• to help produce an effect

• people who do not move from region to region