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Chapter 2 Study Questions
boring stuff that i have to learn
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History
8th Grade
09/18/2008

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What was one of the weapons that the Native Americans used for game?

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For little game, bow and arrow. For bigger game, a spear.
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Who was Christopher Columbus? How did he do it?

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He discovered the Americas by landing in the Bahamas, and thinking he was in the Indies.

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What is culture?
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People's way of life.
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The Makah was an Indian Tribe in the...

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Pacific Northwest
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What tribe was in the Destert Southwest?
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Anasazi
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Who was in the Plains?

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Pawnee

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Who were the Iroquois?
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They lived in the Eastern Woodlands.

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What is oral history?

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History passed down by word or story.
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How long have people lived in North Carolina?
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10,000 years.
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What is an archaeologist?
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A scientist who studies artifacts.
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What is an artifact?
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A human-made object like a pot, a weapon, or a mask that gives clues to the culture from which it comes.

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Mesa

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Plateaus that soared high above the desert floor
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Pueblo
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Spanish term for towns
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What is the slash and burn method?
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When people chop down trees to make a field.
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What is a clan?
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a group of related people.
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Anthropologist
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a scientist that studies human culture
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How did the Makah people take advantage of the abnundace of natural resources in the Pacific Northwest?
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The ocean and the inland rivers yielded a walth of fish. The woods contained game, and good wood for longhouses and canoes.
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