Chapter 2 Key Terms NM History Jang

archaeology

• the study of crime scenes

• to conform to the customs of another group

• the study of past people and cultures through a careful examination of artifacts

• to force someone to do something

Athabascan

• a wooden tool used by Archaic people to throw spears

• a town council during Spanish colonial times

• demography: the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, and density

• language of the Dine people

hogan

• a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease

• people of mixed races in Spanish colonial society

• native

• main form of Navajo housing made from logs, mud, and brush

centralized government

• in Spanish colonial society, a pure blooded Spaniard born in the Americas

• government: a government that is run by one ruler from a central location

• Spanish word meaning conqueror

• a Spanish colonial policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists as a reward for

  service

indigenous

• native

• a Spanish colonial policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists as a reward for

  service

• a ceremonial pit used by both ancient and modern Puebloan people

• a landform characterized by its fields of dried lava

Dine

• a Spanish colonial policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists as a reward for

  service

• to force someone to leave

• to absorb or conform to the customs and attitudes of a particular cultural group

• “the people” in the Athabascan language; name used by Navajo and Apache people

wikiup

• cone-shaped tent covered in animal skins used as temporary housing by Apache Indians

• a payment or gift given to show respect

• oval-shaped hut made from thin tree branches and covered with brush, grass mats, or animal hides; used as seasonal housing by Apache Indians

• term used by Spanish explorers to describe Indian villages they encountered that had multi-level, multi-room homes

Pueblo

• term used by Spanish explorers to describe Indian villages they encountered that had multi-level, multi-room homes

• cone-shaped tent covered in animal skins used as temporary housing by Apache Indians

• oval-shaped hut made from thin tree branches and covered with brush, grass mats, or animal hides; used as seasonal housing by Apache Indians

• the upper class, or wealthy class in Spanish colonial society

wikiup

• a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease

• people of mixed races in Spanish colonial society

• oval-shaped hut made from thin tree

  branches and covered with brush, grass mats,

  or animal hides; used as seasonal housing by

  Apache Indians

• main form of Navajo housing made from logs, mud, and brush

teepee

• term used by Spanish explorers to describe Indian villages they encountered that had multi-level, multi-room homes

• cone-shaped tent covered in animal skins used as temporary housing by Apache Indians

• oval-shaped hut made from thin tree branches and covered with brush, grass mats, or animal hides; used as seasonal housing by Apache Indians

• the upper class, or wealthy class in Spanish colonial society