Chapter 1: The First Americans

A part of something

• aspect

• Whole

• Advice

• Technology

A person who gives advice or guidance

• Advisor

• Farmer

• Hunter

• Nomad

The use of technology to bring water to crops

• Irrigation

• Cultivation

• Migration

• Tradition

The land and bodies of water of a place

• Geography

• Society

• Culture

• Government

To spread out

• Distribute

• Gather

• Cultivate

• Trade

A decision-making body that could be made up of a group’s single leader or a small group of leaders

• Council

• Tribe

• Nomad

• Tradition

The planting and raising of crops

• Agriculture

• Hunting

• Gathering

• Migration

An early person who lived by hunting animals and gathering nuts, seeds, and fruit

• Hunter-gatherer

• Farmer

• Advisor

• Nomad

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

• Economy

• Culture

• Geography

• Tradition

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

• Confederation

• Tribe

• Nomad

• Council