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8th Grade
09/18/2008

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Term
oral histories
Definition
stories passed down form generation to generation
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clans
Definition
groups of realeted people
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anthropologist
Definition
a scientist who studies human culture
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artifact
Definition
human-made object like a pot, that gives clues to the culture from which it comes
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culture
Definition
peoples way of life
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mesa
Definition
a flat-topped,steep sided plateau
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slash-and-burn
Definition
a method of farming in which trees and brush are burned to clear land for feilds and villages
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drought
Definition
a long period with no rain
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Coastal Plain
Definition
braod, flat reigon of NC that stretches 100 to 150 miles inland from the ocean
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piedmont
Definition
hilly reigon between the coastal plain and the appalichain mountians
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Christopher columbus
Definition
the man who discovered america
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culture reigons
Definition
areas where methods of living are alike
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pueblos
Definition
the spanish word vor town
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what was the 5 largest groups in 1492?
Definition
Hatteras, chowanoc, tuscarora, Catawba, and cherokee
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mountians
Definition
far left reigon of Nc.
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how do we know of early people?
Definition
oral histories
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what similar ways of life developed among the natives of NC?
Definition
hunting and farming
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where did columbus really think he was at?
Definition
the indies
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when did the first settlers first develope agriculture and begin to settlein semi-perminait or perminate villiges?
Definition
about 2500 years ago
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about how many native americans lived in NC in 1492?
Definition
ABOUT 35000
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clans lived in about how many houses?
Definition
10 to 12
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who were the first people to set eyes on the people of NC?
Definition
The Europeans
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in the years after 1492 who threatened there way of life?
Definition
the arrival of the non-americans
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about when did forests cover the eastern lands of the mississippi?
Definition
During the 1400's
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how were iroquois framed?
Definition
by lashing poles together
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