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Study Guide Vocabulary: Glaciers thick sheets of ice Artifacts- objects made by humans Archaeology- study of evidence left by early people Adobe- sun dried bricks Pueblos- houses that could shelter hundreds of families, villages Drought- long dry spell Culture area- a region in which people share a similar way of life. Igloos houses of snow and ice Kayaks small skin boats Potlatch ceremonial dinner Kiva underground chamber where men had religious ceremonies Hogans houses made of mud plaster over a framework of Wooden poles. Tepees cone shaped tents Travois sleds Long houses Houses shared by several Iroqouis families Sachems tribal chiefs were called Civilization advanced culture Hieroglyphics writing that uses pictures to represent words and Ideas. Section 1 - In the far north a land bridge now known as Beringia, joined Siberia in northeastern Asia to Alaska in North America. - Native Americans are descendants of the first people to reach the Americas thousands of years ago. - From artifacts and other evidence, archaeologists form theories about the culture of ancient people. o Includes behavior, customs , ideas, and beliefs - Mound Builders lived about 3,000 years ago till the 1700s o Among them were the Hopewell and Mississippians o The first mounds were burial grounds, probably for important leaders.
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