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Iroquois Vocab
Review for Iroquois Vocabulary Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adolescent | period between childhood and adult |
| anthropology | study of culture and development of human beings |
| anthropologist | someone who studies culture and the development of human beings |
| archeology | study of remains of past civilizations |
| archeologist | someone who studies the remains of past civilzations |
| artifact | something made by humans |
| clan | a group or family traces their line to a common ancestor |
| confederacy | a group of loosely united nations or states |
| culture | total way of life of a group of people |
| extended family | nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces |
| historic | a written record |
| matrilineal | decent traced through the mother's side or line |
| myth | story used to explain the creation of something in nature |
| nuclear family | parent(s) and child(ren) |
| patrilineal | decent traced through the father's side or line |
| peer | one who is equal in age and/or social standing |
| Pre-Columbian | North America before 1492 |
| prehistoric | time before written records |
| Reservation | land set aside for Native American use |
| sibling | brother(s) and sister(s) |
| Primary Source | original, first hand account of an event during a time period (diaries, maps, letters, etc.) |
| Secondary Source | second hand account of event; analyzes and interprets primary sources (text book, encyclopedia, etc.) |