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Chapter 2 vocabulary Words
8th grade, nc, mooresville vocabulary words.
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09/22/2010

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Artifact
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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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Culture
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A people's way of like, including the kinds of too;s they make, the food they eat, and the language they speak.
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Mesa
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A flat-topped, steep-sided plateu.
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Slashe-and-Borna
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A methof of farming in which trees and bushes are burned to clear land for feilds and villages.
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Oral History
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Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to gweneration.
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Clan
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A group of related people.
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Anthropologist
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A scientist who studies human culture.
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Drought
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A long peirod with no rain.
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Coastal Plain
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Broad, flat region in NC that stretches 100-150miles inland from the ocean.
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Peidmont
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A hilly region between the coastal plain and the Appalachian mountains.
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Christopher Columbus
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The first european explorer to discover America.
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Culture Regions
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The group that scientist made to group culutures of early people.
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Peublos
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Parched land and adobe villages.
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