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| worldwide temperature increase |
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| artificial islands made of earth piled on reed mats anchored to a shallow lake bed |
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| payment that conquered people were forced to pay to their conquerors |
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| knotted strings used by Incan officals for record keeping |
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| mix or blend one metal with another |
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| Southwestern Native American village |
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| large underground chamber used by the Anasazi for religious ceremonies |
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| ceremonial giftgiving by wealthy Native Americans of the Northwest Coast |
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| very large, damaging wave caused by an earthquake or very strong winds |
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| adopting or adapting some cultural traits but discarding others |
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| in the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing syllables |
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| in Japanese feudal society, supreme military commander who held more power than the emperor |
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| warrior lord directly below the shogun in feudal Japan |
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| member of the warrior class in Japanese feudal society |
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| code of conduct for samurai during the feudal period in Japan |
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| form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600s |
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| form of Japanese poetry that expresses a feeling, thought, or idea in three lines, or 17 syllables |
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| grassy plain with irregular paterns of rainfall |
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| process by which fertile or semidesert land becomes desert |
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| title for the king of Mali |
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| title for the king of Benin |
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| slash-and-burn agriculture |
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| farming method in which forest and brush are cut down and burned to create planting fields |
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| term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the father |
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| term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother |
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| group claiming a common ancestor |
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| professional storyteller in early West Africa |
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