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WorksheetsEarly America Migration and Native Americans Vocab
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
what is migration?
movement of people from one place to another
Migration to a new location
farming
a rock carving made by people
What is a pull factor?
A factor that draws or attracts people to another location
negative home conditions that motivate the decision to migrate
to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
Exchange of goods and services
What is a push factor?
Migration from a location
Exchange goods without involving money
A relative who lived in the past
negative home conditions that motivate the decision to migrate
What is immigration?
fence made of posts
Migration from a location
Migration to a new location
a group of related families
what is emigration?
Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
Migration from a location
an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
what is colonization?
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
wandering from place to place
a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
a social group made up of families or clans
what is agriculture?
to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
a rock carving made by people
fence made of posts
farming
what is a barter?
Exchange goods without involving money
a group of related families
a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
what is an ancestor?
A relative who lived in the past
Migration from a location
movement of people from one place to another
a social group made up of families or clans
What is a clan?
an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
a social group made up of families or clans
a group of related families
Migration from a location
what is a palisade?
fence made of posts
Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
a rock carving made by people
movement of people from one place to another
what does it mean to be nomadic?
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
A relative who lived in the past
hunter-gatherers
wandering from place to place
what is a treaty?
Exchange of goods and services
a rock carving made by people
a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
what is a tribe?
a group of related families
a social group made up of families or clans
A relative who lived in the past
fence made of posts
what is technology?
Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
negative home conditions that motivate the decision to migrate
movement of people from one place to another
what is a tool?
a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
Exchange of goods and services
A factor that draws or attracts people to another location
an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
what is a trade?
to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
trade
Exchange of goods and services
farming
what does domesticate mean?
to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
fence made of posts
what is a petroglyph?
a social group made up of families or clans
a rock carving made by people
a group of related families
an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
what is a hunter-gatherers?
a social group made up of families or clans
A relative who lived in the past
Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
what is slash and burn agriculture?
farming
a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
fence made of posts
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
