Oklahoma History, Ch. 2 Vocab Review

A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

• ancestors

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

• forager

A scientist who studies artifacts, fossils, cave drawings, trails, and oral history to learn the culture of a group and how groups of people lived.

• archaelogist

• nomadic

• shaman

• anthropologist

A scientist who studies ancients by examining what they have left behind.

• anthropologist

• archeologist

• ancestors

• nomads

An item made or used by people; includes pottery, tools, bone, jewelry, and paintings.

• artifact

• atlatl

• viceroy

• ancestor

A short wooden shaft with a hook at the end that was used to throw darts with more force and accuracy.

• totem

• shaman

• atlatl

• fossil

To trade one item for another.

• viceroy

• atlatl

• barter

• forage

Farming the land for food and staying in one place.

• nomadic

• domesticated

• forager

• totem

A person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions.

• prehistoric people

• domesticated

• forager

• nomadic

A trace or remains of living things.

• artifact

• nomadic

• totem

• fossil

Wandering from place to place.

• fossil

• forager

• nomadic

• domesticated