4th Grade TCI History Lesson 2 Vocabulary

to change one’s way of life to fit the land and its resources

• myth

• adapting

• culture

• anthropology

a story that helps to explain the beliefs and history of a people

• anthropology

• myth

• adapting

• culture

the study of people and their cultures

• anthropology

• myth

• culture

• nomad

the way of life shared by a group of people

• obsidian

• nomad

• myth

• culture

a hard, glassy rock that is formed when lava cools

• plateau

• obsidian

• shaman

• nomad

a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it

• shaman

• plateau

• culture

• myth

someone believed to be in contact with the spirit world

• myth

• anthropology

• culture

• shaman

a person who moves from place to place in search of food

• shaman

• plateau

• nomad

• culture