Social Studies - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

a group whose members share the same goals and usually have a written or oral form of an alliance or agreement

• ancestor

• council

• confederacy

• agriculture

an early person who lived by hunting animals and gathering nuts, seeds, and fruits

• civilization

• hunter-gatherer

• agriculture

• irrigation

a group whose members share the same goals

• village

• council

• league

• confederacy

a decision-making body that could be made up of a group's single leader or a small group of leaders

• council

• economy

• government

• league

a trade good that is a raw material and not manufactured

• cash crop

• confederacy

• commodity

• economy

a person who moves within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food

• migrate

• nomad

• shogun

• technology

a relative who lived in the past

• ancestor

• migrate

• influence

• tradition

ways of life that are done on a regular basis

• folklore

• tradition

• custom

• ancestor

a custom or belief that is passed on from one generation to the next

• tradition

• civilization

• ancestor

• custom

to move from one place to another

• distribute

• climate

• migrate

• nomad