Early People Terms

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Across
  1. 2. a wanderer
  2. 4. Often recognized as the first permanent settler of West Virginia
  3. 8. First European to document the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Entered at modern day Harpers Ferry.
  4. 9. an object made or used by humans in the past
  5. 10. putting one's section of the country ahead of the nation as a whole
  6. 13. a carved stick that had a base at right angles to the shaft into which a hunter set a spear; enabled the hunter to fling the spear forward with more force and speed
  7. 15. a member of a nomadic group of people who live by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.
  8. 19. describes a society where the family tree is traced through the mother
  9. 20. his exploration led to the publishing of "Discovery of New Britain" and increased interest in the exploration West.
  10. 22. 1st European to see the Kanawha River; partner was murdered by Natives
  11. 23. natural resistance to disease
  12. 24. people or cultures that lived before humans kept written records
  13. 25. a scientist who studies artifacts, cave drawings & oral history to learn about the culture of a group
Down
  1. 1. worked for British land companies and were sent to survey the Ohio River Valley
  2. 3. A French explorer who buried lead plates along the Ohio River to make the French claim clear and get the British to leave.
  3. 5. a scientist who studies the items left behind by ancient peoples
  4. 6. saw coal for the first time in WV; capture by the French
  5. 7. marked trees to claim land for Britain; ignored other markings they had found
  6. 11. an extended family of people with a common ancestor
  7. 12. CONVINCED THE GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH FORTS IN THE WEST,PROMOTED SETTLEMENT OF THE LAND, AND MADE LAWS THAT MADE IT EASIER TO PURCHASE LAND.
  8. 14. a group of people who share a common ancestry, name, and way of living
  9. 16. a scientist who studies the origin, history, & structure of the Earth
  10. 17. a journey made for a specific reason, especially for exploration or discovery
  11. 18. moving from one area to another
  12. 21. an extreme shortage of food