Chapter One Vocabulary

6. — A product or natural resource that can be bought, sold, or traded, such as corn, cotton, wood, or metal.
7. — Stories, legends, songs, beliefs, or customs passed down through generations.
8. — The study of Earth’s land, water, climate, places, and how people interact with their environment.
10. — To move from one place or region to another, often in search of food, better weather, or a safer place to live.
11. — A belief, activity, or practice that is passed down from one generation to another.
12. — The usual weather conditions of a place over a long period of time.
14. — An organized society with cities or communities, government, culture, jobs, and systems for living together.
15. — A system or group of leaders that makes laws, organizes a community, and helps make decisions.
16. — The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food and other resources.
17. network — A system that connects different people or communities so they can exchange goods, resources, and sometimes ideas.
18. — A group of people, communities, or nations that work together for a common goal.

1. — A common way of behaving or doing something within a particular group or culture.
2. — A person who moves from place to place instead of living permanently in one location.
3. — A person who gets food by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering wild plants instead of farming.
4. — Tools, inventions, skills, and methods people create to solve problems or make work easier.
5. — The system a society uses to produce, buy, sell, and trade goods and services.
9. — A system of bringing water to crops or farmland, especially in areas that do not receive enough rain.
12. — A group of people who meet to discuss problems, make decisions, or give advice.
13. — A family member who lived in the past, such as a great-grandparent or someone from an earlier generation.
14. — A group of communities, states, or nations that join together for a shared purpose while keeping some independence.