Chapter 3 Vocabulary Notes

Ch. 3 Vocabulary

• Archeologist: a scientist that studies prehistoric people by digging up human remains and artifacts.

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• Irrigation: supplying water to crops to help them grow.

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• Artifact: any handmade object from an earlier time period.

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• Migration: the movement from one place to another with the intention of staying at least temporarily.

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• Prehistoric: the time before recorded history.

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• Petroglyph: ancient art carved into rock walls.

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• Pictograph: rock art painted onto rock walls.

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• Obsidian: a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed when lava cools rapidly.

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• Mammoth: a large extinct elephant-like animal that typically is hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

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• Primary Source: a document or object that was created during the time period being studied.

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• Secondary Source: a document or object created after an event has occurred, providing secondhand accounts of a time period.

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• Felony: a serious, usually violent crime.

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• Primitive: in an early stage of development (not advanced).

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• Atl atl: a stick used to propel a spear.

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• Wickiup: a small, temporary house covered in twigs, branches and grass.

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• Pit house: an underground house covered with animal skins, branches, or dried grass.

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• Hogan: a wood framed house covered in dried mud.