Early Alabamians Vocabulary

An object that was made and used by people long ago.

• fossil

• artifact

• adapt

• migrate

A scientist who learns about the past by studying fossils.

• government

• archaeologist

• paleontologist

• fossil

This word is a synonym for "change."

• migrate

• government

• fossil

• adapt

Planting and growing crops.

• agriculture

• migrate

• fossil

• government

A system of ruling people.

• fossil

• adapt

• government

• agriculture

Move from one place to settle in another.

• adapt

• migrate

• fossil

• agriculture

A scientist who studies the lives and cultures of people from the past.

• archaeologist

• fossil

• paleontologist

• adapt

The preserved remains of a plant or animal from long ago.

• migrate

• adapt

• fossil

• agriculture

During this time period, early people in Alabama built mounds.

• Paleo-Indian

• Mississippian

• Archaic

• Woodland

This food was brought to Alabama by Native Americans.

• onions

• apples

• corn

• wheat