(Unit 2) Three Worlds Meet-5th Grade
origin stories
tales/stories that people tell about where they came from
migration routes
the path followed by a group of people when they move from one country or area of the world to another country or area
environments
places with different types of natural surroundings
adapt
when people make changes in order to fit their environment
goddess
female spirits who control parts of the world
migration
a movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area
migrants
people who move from one country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area
big game
large animals that are hunted for their flesh, skins, and other valuable things
vegetation
plant life
grasslands
flat area of land with grass and small bushes
deserts
very dry area of land that has very few plants
mountains
very high areas of land that receive lots of rain and snow
arctic ice fields
very cold area made up of huge ice sheets that cover the land
adaptations
changes is a way of life that allow people to survive in a particular environment
driftwood
wood that has washed up onto the shores of rivers and oceans
igloos
houses built out of snow and ice
history
the study of the past
historian
a person who studies the past
primary sources
record made by people who saw or took place in an event
secondary sources
records written by someone who was not there at the time of the event
chronological order
time sequence or events put in order by time
timeline
a diagram that shows the order in which events happened
century
a period of 100 years
point of view
how a person looks at a problem or an event
cause
an action that makes something else happen
effect
something that results from something else happening
empire
a group of kingdoms or nations taken over and ruled by one leader
vegetation region
a region characterized by the kind of plants that grow there
savanna
a region with tall grass and a few scattered trees
tropical rainforest
an evergreen forest in a tropical area with lots of rain and very hot weather
Islam
one of the major religions of the world
Muslim
someone who belongs to the religion of Islam
archaeology
a special branch of history in which people study objects from the past
artifacts
things from the past that are left for us to study
oral history
history that is passed along by speaking and not written down
griot (GREE-o)
a historian and storyteller responsible for keeping the oral history of an area
modify
when people change the environment to fit them