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The Earliest Americans
chapter 2
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History
5th Grade
09/11/2007

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GLACIERS
Definition
moving sheets of ice
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MIGRATION
Definition
movement of people
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THEORY
Definition
possible explanation
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ARTIFACTS
Definition
objects made by early people
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DESCENDENT
Definition
child, grandchild, or later relative
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ORIGIN STORIES
Definition
beginings of the Native Americans ( or what they think)
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ANCESTORS
Definition
early family members
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TIME LINE
Definition
way to see relations among history
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DECADE
Definition
period of ten years
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CENTURY
Definition
period of one hundred years
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MILLENIUM
Definition
period of one thousand years
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NOMAD
Definition
person who has no certain home
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TECHNOLOGY
Definition
use of scientific knowledge or tools to do something
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EXTINCT
Definition
died out
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AGRICULTURE
Definition
farming
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TRIBE
Definition
group of Native Americans
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CIVILIZATION
Definition
culture that usually has cities and is well developed
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CLASSES
Definition
level of importance
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SLAVERY
Definition
holding people against their will to do work
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PUEBLO
Definition
spanish word for village
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GENERALIZATION
Definition
statement that summarizes groups of facts and shows relation among them
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ADAPT
Definition
fit the ways of the enviroment
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STAPLE
Definition
main foods
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SURPLUS
Definition
amount more than what is needed
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CEREMONY
Definition
series of actions preformed at a special event
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HOGAN
Definition
Navajo shelter, cone-shaped
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DUGOUT
Definition
Boat made from a large hollowed out log
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BARTER
Definition
exchange goods
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POTLATCHES
Definition
celebrations with feasting and dancing to show wealth
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CLAN
Definition
group of families that are related to one another
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PITHOUSE
Definition
Chinook houses built of boards and no windows; built over hole dug in earth and some rooms partially underground (long wooden houses)
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HARPOONS
Definition
long spears with sharp shell points
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TOTEM POLE
Definition
tall wooden post with animals on it that has spiritual meaning to the indians
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LODGES
Definition
circular houses
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SOD
Definition
earth cut into block or mats and held together with grass and its roots
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TEPEE
Definition
cone shaped tent
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TRAVOIS
Definition
carrier made from two poles fastened to a harness on a dog
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PALISADE
Definition
walls surrounding villages made from sharpened tree trunks
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SLASH AND BURN
Definition
method of clearing fields and growing crops
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WIGWAMS
Definition
round, bark covered shelters grouped around a village common
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WAMPUM
Definition
beads cut from sea shells used to keep records and send messages
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CONFEDERATION
Definition
loose group of governments working together
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LONGHOUSE
Definition
long wooden building where several Iroquois families lived together; made from elm bark with long entrance
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COUNCIL
Definition
group that makes laws
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COMPROMISE
Definition
give up some of what you want in order to reach an agreement
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RESOLVE
Definition
settle conflicts
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