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Chapter 3 Vocabulary Notes
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Archeologist: a scientist that studies prehistoric people by digging up human remains and artifacts.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Irrigation: supplying water to crops to help them grow.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Artifact: any handmade object from an earlier time period.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Migration: the movement from one place to another with the intention of staying at least temporarily.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Prehistoric: the time before recorded history.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Petroglyph: ancient art carved into rock walls.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Pictograph: rock art painted onto rock walls.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Obsidian: a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed when lava cools rapidly.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Mammoth: a large extinct elephant-like animal that typically is hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Primary Source: a document or object that was created during the time period being studied.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Secondary Source: a document or object created after an event has occurred, providing secondhand accounts of a time period.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Felony: a serious, usually violent crime.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Primitive: in an early stage of development (not advanced).
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• Atl atl: a stick used to propel a spear.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Wickiup: a small, temporary house covered in twigs, branches and grass.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Pit house: an underground house covered with animal skins, branches, or dried grass.
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
• Hogan: a wood framed house covered in dried mud.