Chapter 1 - Lesson 1 & 2 vocabulary

What does the term 'migrate' mean?

• To move

• To hunt animals and collect wild plants for food

• To grow crops for food

• To change in order to live in a new place

What is culture?

• A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

• A method of moving water from a source to where it is needed

• A large animal that once roamed the Great Plains

• The system by which a group makes, uses, and shares or distributes goods and services

What is a hunter-gatherer?

• Someone who hunts animals and collects wild plants for food

• A complex culture that has made advances in learning

• A method of moving water from a source to where it is needed

• To change in order to live in a new place

What is agriculture?

• The system of growing crops for food

• A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

• Someone who hunts animals and collects wild plants for food

• A complex culture that has made advances in learning

What is civilization?

• A complex culture that has made advances in learning, as well as in systems of government, religion, economics, and the arts

• To move

• A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

• A method of moving water from a source to where it is needed

What is irrigation?

• A method of moving water from a source to where it is needed, such as for watering crops

• To grow crops for food

• A large animal that once roamed the Great Plains

• The system by which a group makes, uses, and shares or distributes goods and services

What does it mean to adapt?

• To change in order to live in a new place

• To hunt animals and collect wild plants for food

• To grow crops for food

• To move

What is a bison?

• A large animal that once roamed the Great Plains

• A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

• Someone who hunts animals and collects wild plants for food

• A complex culture that has made advances in learning

What is an economy?

• The system by which a group makes, uses, and shares or distributes goods and services

• To move

• A system of beliefs and ways of living that are special to a certain group

• A method of moving water from a source to where it is needed

What is the system of growing crops for food called?

• Agriculture

• Culture

• Migration

• Civilization