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Early American Cultures
Early cultures developed in different part of North America
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History
5th Grade
08/02/2010

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Where did mound people build a 100 foot mound?
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Cahokia (present-day Illinois)
Term
What is a term for an activity done for a special purpose or event?
Definition
ceremony
Term
What do you call the place were four states meet?
Definition
four cornors (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico)
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What do you call a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it?
Definition
mesa
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What did the Anasazi people call their community built into steep cliffs, which in now present-day Colorado?
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Mesa Verde
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What do you call a long period without rain, which caused the Anasazi people to leave?
Definition
drought
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