CHAPTERS 7-8 WORD WALL & ILLUSTRATIONS

CARAVANSGroups of people traveling together

for mutual protection, often

with pack animals such as camels.

NOMADSPeople who

move from place to place, often in search of water and vegetation.

SEDENTARY

Permanently settled in one place.

TERRACEA flat strip of ground on a hillside used for growing

crops.

CLAN

A group of related families.

TRIBEA social group that shares a

common ancestry, leadership, and

traditions.

POLYTHEIST

A person who believes in more than

one god.

MONOTHEISM

Belief in a single god.

BOYCOTTA refusal to do business with

an organization

or group.

DYNASTYA line of rulers

descended from the same

family.