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Human Migration Vocabulary Cards

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Human Migration Vocabulary Cards

Early humans migrating across continents

📚 Part 1: Vocabulary Cards - Cut and Match

Instructions: Cut out the vocabulary words, pictures, and definitions below. Create vocabulary cards by matching each word with its picture and definition. Paste them together on a separate sheet or in your interactive notebook.

Vocabulary Words (Cut these out):

MIGRATION | NOMADS | HUNTER-GATHERERS

EASTERN HEMISPHERE | ARCHAEOLOGY | CIVILIZATION

CLIMATE CHANGE | ADAPTATION | ARTIFACT | CULTURE

Picture Symbols (Cut these out and match to words):

🚶‍♂️➡️ (people moving) | 🏕️ (nomad tent) | 🏹🍇 (bow and berries)

🌍 (globe showing Asia/Africa) | 🔍🏺 (magnifying glass and pot) | 🏛️ (building/city)

🌡️❄️ (thermometer and snowflake) | 🦎🌵 (lizard adapting) | 🏺 (ancient pot) | 🎭 (theater masks)

Definitions (Cut these out and match to words):

Movement from one place to another

People who move frequently in search of food

Early humans who hunted animals and collected plants for food

The half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian

The study of human history through artifacts

A society with cities, government, and culture

Long-term changes in weather patterns

Changes to survive in new environments

Objects made by humans long ago

The beliefs, behaviors, and traditions of a group

✏️ Part 2: Quick Vocabulary Check

1. Which word describes people who moved from place to place looking for food?

Civilization

Nomads

Artifacts

2. What do we call the movement of people from one place to another?

M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Check all that are examples of adaptation:

Learning to make warm clothes in cold places

Finding new ways to hunt different animals

Building the same houses everywhere

Learning to use new tools for survival

4. Complete this sentence: Scientists who study _____________ look at _____________ to learn about how people lived long ago.
5. Why might early humans have migrated to new places? Write 2 reasons:

Reason 1: _________________________________________________

Reason 2: _________________________________________________

🎯 Part 3: Interactive Notebook Setup

Creating Your Vocabulary Flaps:

Step 1: Cut out all the vocabulary words, pictures, and definitions from Part 1.

Step 2: In your interactive notebook, create 10 flaps (fold a piece of paper to make flaps).

Step 3: Glue each vocabulary word on the outside of a flap.

Step 4: Under each flap, paste the matching picture and definition.

Step 5: Practice by covering the definitions and trying to remember what each word means!

Reflection: After creating your vocabulary cards, write one sentence about how these words connect to early human migration:

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