First Texans Vocab

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Artifacts

Objects made by humans that show how they once lived.

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Indigenous Peoples

A group of people who are native to a particular place.

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Beringia

A region including the Bering Strait that connects Alaska and Asia, exposed during the last ice age.

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Adaption

A change or process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment.

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Pictographs

Pictures drawn or painted on cave walls, ledges, and cliffs.

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Band

A group consisting of two or more extended families living together under one leader.

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Matrilineal

A system where descent is traced primarily through the mother.

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Reservations

Land set aside by the U.S. government for American Indians to occupy.

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Hunter-gatherers

People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals.

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Nomad

A person who moves from one place to another rather than living in one place permanently.

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Pueblos

Large American Indian homes made of adobe, a mixture of wet clay and straw.

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Tipi

A cone-shaped tent made of poles covered with animal skins.

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Migrate

To move from one place to another.

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Adobe

Building material made from clay and straw that has been dried in the sun.

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Enmity

Active and usually mutual hatred or ill will.

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Petroglyphs

Carvings made in rock.

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Atlatl

A stick about two feet long with a wooden hook to hold a spear's shaft.

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Sedentary

A lifestyle where people are permanently settled in one place.

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Archaeologists

People who study past cultures from the artifacts left behind.

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Pangea

A supercontinent where continents were arranged together at the beginning of the age of dinosaurs.

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Tribe

A group made up of several bands that share territory and culture.

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Kiva

A large room used for meetings and religious ceremonies.

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Coalition

A temporary group of people or countries joined together for a common purpose.

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