Topic 1, Lesson 1 Vocabulary

the use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work

• agriculture

• technology

• geography

• irrigation

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

• migrate

• civilization

• irrigation

• nomad

to spread out

• irrigation

• migrate

• distribute

• agriculture

a society in which there are organized systems of government, religion and learning

• nomad

• civilization

• irrigation

• agriculture

to help produce an effect

• distribute

• challenge

• influence

• geography

to move

• distribute

• agriculture

• migrate

• nomad

the use of technology to bring water to crops

• irrigation

• agriculture

• writing

• civilization

the land and bodies of water of a place

• religion

• technology

• economics

• geography

the planting and raising of crops

• irrigation

• agriculture

• geography

• civilization

traveling from place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch, and fruit and nuts to collect

• nomads

• civilization

• hunter-gatherers

• agriculture