UNIT 1 - READING 1 "NOMADS"

“Nomads” tells about real people.

It is nonfiction. Nonfiction is factual information. You read it in textbooks. This nonfiction is social studies. Nonfiction gives true information. “Nomads” tells about people who travel from place to place. 
This passage explains that nomads are people who move their homes from place to place.
It describes the lifestyles of nomads from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and North

America, pointing out that these people have lived as nomads since prehistoric times.

Key Words
buffalo: any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae
camels: either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus 
desert: a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
herds: a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together
nomads: a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place,usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of thepasturage or food supply.

tents: a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame andoften secured by ropes fastened to pegs in 
the  ground 


Highlighted Words
journeys: long trips
prehistoric: before people started writing down history
grassy plains: large areas of land where grass grows