Chapter 1, Lessons 2 & 3

a group of people who meet to decide or plan something, give advice, or make laws

• government

• confederacy

• council

• economy

ways of life that are repeated on a regular basis are part of a group's culture; celebrating July 4th is a custom in the U.S.

• economy

• culture

• customs

• courtesies

a custom or belief that is passed down from parents to their children, including festivals, songs, and dances; as in family traditions

• economy

• culture

• tradition

• commodity

the system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods

• culture

• commodity

• economy

• government

systems of trade routes that connected different areas

• centralized empires

• mound builders

• trading networks

• innovations in irrigation

a system for making rules and decisions

• council

• culture

• economy

• government

the way of life of a group of people: art, language, ideas, beliefs, and history are part of a group's culture

• tradition

• economy

• customs

• culture

original inhabitants; the first people to live in a place. Those who inhabited a country or region when people of a different culture arrived. Examples include American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

• indigenous people

• Spanish settlers

• indentured servants

• African slaves

a trade good that is a raw material and not manufactured; fur was a key commodity for the American Indians

• economy

• confderacy

• cash crop

• commodity

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

• commodity

• tradition

• confederacy

• culture