Chapter 15 Vocabulary

Choose the correct definition of plaza.

• defensive fence made of sharpened stakes

• a public burial place

• a public square in a city or town

• type of shelter using mud and sticks

Choose the correct definition of innovate.

• to distrust an old method, idea, or product

• to trade for an improved method, idea, or product

• to reuse an old method, idea, or product

• to create a new or improved method, idea, or product

indigenous

• native; foreign to a place

• native; moving to a place 

• native; original to a place 

• native; new to a place 

paleo

• of or relating to most times 

• of or relating to known times 

• of or relating to ancient times 

• of or relating to modern times 

archaeologist

• a person who searches for and studies artifacts to learn about human life and culture in the past

• a person who searches for and studies confederacies to learn about human life and culture in the past

• a person who searches for and studies rivers to learn about human life and culture in the past

• a person who searches for and studies capitals to learn about human life and culture in the past

elite

• getting worse in quality, rank, or skill 

• inferior in quality, rank, or skill 

• improving in quality, rank, or skill 

• superior in quality, rank, or skill 

to adjust or modify something to better fit a particular situation or circumstance

• activate

• populate

• adapt

• settle

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

chiefdom

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

• an area or region governed by a chief

• a location where a chief holds a festival

• an area or region with settlements for chiefs

someone who moves from place to place rather than settling permanently in one location

• hunter-gatherer

• indigenous

• archaic

• nomad