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6th Grade
11/30/2011

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Arid

Definition

It was so arid outside I had to drink 6 gallons of water.

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Lethal

Definition

I am very scared of poisonous animals because they are very lethal.

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Dwellings

Definition

I have a beautiful dwelling. My family members live in it.

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Bluntly

Definition

The boy said to the elephant bluntly, “You have a big nose.”

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Ingenuity

Definition

Thomas Edison had ingenuity because he made the light bulb.

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Ingenious

Definition

I am ingenious because I get nineties and up on all of my tests.

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Domesticate

Definition
I wish I had an animal that can be domesticated because then I could  have a loyal pet.
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Catastrophic

Definition

I am reading a book about a boy who has a catastrophic illness called leukemia. 

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Climate

Definition

The hot climate in papanewguinea is not good for growing wheat.

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Granary

Definition

a granary protects our grain from insects and rodents.

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Beats of burden
Definition

like beast of burden when I was pulled a sled to go faster. An animal that is being forced to carry heavy loads of cargo.

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invention
Definition

the early people had invented the plough; a new usefull machine that used oxen, cows, and horses to plow fields.             

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plough
Definition

in the early days many farmers used this machine plough.it was to cut down crops

or grass, or snow. It was an element with sharp blades. It would attach to horses cows or oxen’s.

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offspring’s
Definition

the cows offspring or babys are cute.

 

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Social hierarchy
Definition

Social hierarchy means to be the buss of the most, and to gain more of power and of hierarchy. 

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 productivity
Definition

I had earned goods and exported mail for a good use. The state or fact being able to generate.

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criteria
Definition

the criteria for a basketball player is hieght, speed,and agility.

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crucial
Definition

I had to make a crucial decision if I wanted to stay with my mom or go with my dad. Really important really hard decision.

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 Requirement
Definition
I had required to get a job. To demand. A requirement to save something 
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1.         Wheat

Definition

1.        The farmer was plowing his fields of wheat to bring to the grain market, he was happy because it grows so plentifully that he would get a lot of money ‘cause it feeds a lot of people.

Term

1.         Barley

Definition

1.        The winery was happy for getting an extra load of barley because it is good for making ale and beer now, but back in the rise of civilizations it could feed a lot of people.

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1.         Storage

Definition

1.        The hunter went in his cellar to put food in a storage space because he knew that it would keep his food moist and not let it go bad.

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1.         Hardy

Definition

1.        The Cetchems were happy because there mud house was more hardy then there old tin roof house because it lasted way longer after the tornado

Term

1.         Source

Definition

1.        Deni was happy because here textbook source told the place and the time when the twin towers fell.

Term

1.         Bias

Definition

my mom is the preatiest women in the world but  I might be biast.

Term

1.         Domestication

Definition
azequal was so proud that his grandfather was one of the first people to domesticate cattleand make them easy to control for plowing meat and offspring.
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1.         Circumstance

Definition

1.        When Danny broke the china vase her mother got mad and told Danny of the bad circumstances that would occur like no TV for a week and being ground for 3 weeks, because he broke the china vase.

Term

1.         Plateau

Definition

1.        Sono was doing a project on what a plateau is and she wrote that it is a mount with a flat top a area of land that is high above ground.

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1.         River

Definition

1.        When miamin was a vacation with her parents on a tour the Amazon River she wrote in here journal that the Amazon River is a river and a river is a body of water.

Term
builder
Definition

1.         The builder said to the house owner that plaster would be best for fixing the mouse hole because it’s the perfect material.

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breakthrough
Definition

1.         The inventor had a breakthrough when he thought of a new invention.

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technological
Definition

1.         The cellphone was technological because you could call people from faraway and it has lots of computer chips in it.

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 specialist
Definition

1.         Tine and her friends Lina was a specialist in making the coco moco loco latté because they knew the recipe by heart.

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geographically lucky
Definition

1.         The Alatrima tribe was geographically lucky because they learned how to farm and to grow sorghum.

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genetically
Definition
Jared Diamond does not believe the human race is separated genetically.
Term
Reverence
Definition

1.      Jared Diamond feels very reverence for the Papa New Guineans because of the things the people can do that Jared could not do.

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Fundamental
Definition

1.      The New Guineans are not fundamental, they know a lot of things others might not.

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Absurd
Definition

1.      This topic is absurd because it has nothing to do with the subject: The Rise of Our Civilization and ways of life.

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Culturally
Definition

1.      The New Guineans are different from Jared Diamond culturally because they have different beliefs.  

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Trappings
Definition

hats and gloves ar some of the trappings of winter.

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Ravage
Definition
the drought ravages the land.
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Daunt
Definition

1.      My cat was so daunt that he almost ran a way.

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Insignificant
Definition

1.      Insignificant: pencils are very insignificant, no one cares about them.

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Extensive
Definition

1.      room is so extensive, you can fit two elephants and the room sill has lots of space left.

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Granary
Definition

the Amingo tribe had a granary were the stored food and feed animal!!

They used granary along time ago to keep there food from getting wet and bad.

Term
Hill
Definition
Dogo had to go up the hill with his bike. They use to have to climb up and down the hill to get the food they needed to survive
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Sorghum
Definition
When people farm they harvest the sorghum and eat it. Along time ago the would pick it and boil it to a pulp then eat it
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Plains
Definition

before our houses were built it use to be a plain. A long time ago they would look for a plain to build there huts.

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Fields 
Definition

sometimes  we play in fields or wide  open areas . back then they use to find food in fields.

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Dwellings
Definition
were people put are houses. Thats were the people then would also put there houses.
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Nomadic
Definition

its when people that move in trailers go every where and never stay in one place. they use to do that when something bad happened.

Term
Cultivators  
Definition
there are some people that cultivate then sell things.
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Complementary
Definition
people that work together.kind of like hunter gathers.
Term
Industrial revolution
Definition

 was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology. kind of like transporting a person.

Term
Conquest
Definition
We have to Conquest Mushisushwa land so we can have full power on the people!!
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Inferior
Definition

-“I am so inferior” said Marry in a happy way. “You know that means that you are in the lower degree” said Bert chuckling in joy.

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Diverse
Definition
like that I am really diverse than you on this letter
Term
Inequality
Definition
We have a lot of Inequalities
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Conquistadors
Definition

These people who went to the Middle East were the conquistadors who conquered the people in the Middle East before them. Also they were speaking in Spanish while they fight.

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Decimated
Definition

Maybe all of the crops from Papau New Guinea are Decimated and now there are no more crops for some reason

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Geography
Definition

. It’s the science about the land!!!

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Civilization
Definition
Our civilization is very peaceful with all the people helping each other
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Extensive
Definition

This desert is so big and extensive. It’s like the biggest sand playground area for millions of people!

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Physiology
Definition

It has to do with all of the different things in your body!!

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