America 1492 - Vocabulary

What does pre-Columbian mean?

• The time more than 500 years ago before Columbus came to America in 1492

• The period before Columbus came in 1234

• The period before Columbus came in 1942

• The period 200 years ago, before Columbus came in 1776

The answer is indigenous.

• What is people that move to America last year?

• What is taming wild animals to live with people

• What is a set of religious acts performed for special occasions

• What is a native people that has lived in a region for thousands of years.

What is your family before you were born called? For instance, your grandfather's grandfather.

• decendent

• anscestor

• archaeologist

• nomadic

What is a group of people living together in a certain geographical area and share a common culture?

• culture

• society

• ceremony

• nomadic

What are people called when they have no set home, but move from place to place for better food or weather?

• Indigenous

• society

• nomadic

• domesticate

What is an object made by humans from a long time ago that is found and helps us to understand what life was like back when it was made.

• artifact

• archaeologist

• ancestors

• sacred

People that lived in America before Columbus arrived

• Pre-Columbians

• Native Americans

• Asians

• Indians

What is a person that looks for artifacts called?

• Artifactors

• Pre-Columbians

• archaeologist

• Indigenous

What is a set of acts, religious or traditional performed on special formal occasions

• ceremony

• ancestors

• culture

• sacred

What is customs, arts, society, and achievements of a particular nation, peoples, or social group?

• ceremony

• culture

• nomadic

• artifacts