Native American Vocabulary 21-22

the science or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming

• climate

• environment

• agriculture

• nomadic

the long-term trends in weather elements and atmospheric conditions

• climate

• environment

• agriculture

• nomadic

the physical characteristics of an area

• climate

• indigenous

• environment

• cultural group

native; original to a place

• climate

• indigenous

• environment

• cultural group

moving from place to place without a permanent home

• climate

• indigenous

• environment

• nomadic

an area with one or more common, or shared, characteristics

• shelter

• tribe

• resource

• region

something that can be used to meet our needs and wants

• shelter

• tribe

• resource

• region

a structure that provides protection from bad weather or danger

• shelter

• tribe

• resource

• region

a group of families or clans that share the same language, customs, and beliefs

• shelter

• tribe

• resource

• region

past events shared by spoken stories and songs

• cultural group

• tribe

• oral history

• region