Social Studies Chapter 15

Choose the correct definition of plaza.

• a defensive fence made of sharpened stakes

• a public burial place

• a type of shelter using mud and sticks

• a public square in a city or town

Choose the correct definition of innovative.

• distrustful

• creative; inventive

• reusing

• trading

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the dictionary entry.

Indigenous - Native: _____ to a place.

• foreign

• new

• original

• moving

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the dictionary entry.

Paleo - of or relating to _____ times.

• most

• modern

• ancient

• unknown

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the dictionary entry.

Archaeologist - a person who searches for and studies _____ to learn about human life and culture in the past.

• artifacts

• rivers

• capitals

• confederacies

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the dictionary entry.

Elite - _____ in quality, rank, or skill.

• superior

• getting worse

• improving

• inferior

Which vocabulary term is defined as to change?

• activate

• settle

• adapt

• populate

Choose the correct definition of origin.

• the point or place where something changes

• the point or place where something begins

• the point or place where something ends

• the point or place where a people move to settle

Choose the correct definition of chiefdom.

• a location where a chief gives tributes to the common people

• an area or region governed by a chief

• an area or region with settlements for chiefs

• a location where a chief holds a festival

Which vocabulary term is defined as someone who moves from place to place rather than settling permanently in one location?

• hunter-gatherer

• nomad

• archaic

• indigenous