8th Grade Vocabulary Unit 2 Colonial America--A New Land

Definition: the study of ancient peoples

• anthropology

• sociology

• archaeology

• physics

Definition: the tools, weapons, and other objects that early people left behind

• fossils

• antiques

• implements

• artifacts

Definition: a narrow body of water that connects two larger ones

• strait

• isthmus

• peninsula

• fjord

Definition: the movement of people from one area to another

• immigration

• migration

• emigration

• nomadic

Definition: a person who moves from place to place

• alien

• migrant

• immigrant

• nomad

Definition: people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food

• herders

• farmers

• hunter gatherers

• merchants

Definition: climates and landscapes that surround living things

• ecosystems

• environments

• biospheres

• climate zones

Definition: a variety of corn

• grain

• barley

• wheat

• maize

Definition: a scientific method of determining the age of an artifact

• radiating

• fossilizing

• carbon dating

• sediment analysis

Definition: a people’s shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors

• civilization

• society

• culture

• tribe