Vocabulary Chapter 1 The First Americans

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Across
  1. 2. a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
  2. 6. are periods of very cold temperatures when part of the earth was covered with large ice sheets
  3. 7. the study of ancient peoples
  4. 8. home or community of homes built by Native Americans
  5. 9. a region of government in which the society is ruled by religious leaders
  6. 11. a movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
  7. 13. highly developed societies usually with organized religions and laws
  8. 15. long periods of little rainfall
  9. 16. a raised piece of land with the top leveled off to promote farming
Down
  1. 1. an ancient form of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words, sounds, and concepts
  2. 3. a scientific method used to determine the age of an artifact
  3. 4. a type of governments that linked different groups together
  4. 5. an early form of corn grown by Native Americans
  5. 10. things left behind by early people, such as stone tools, weapons, baskets, and carvings
  6. 12. people who moved from place to place
  7. 14. a sun-dried mud brick used to build the homes of some Native Americans