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Native American Vocabulary - Chapter 2

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Culture   Way of Life  
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Cultural Element/Universal   One of the eight key parts of a culture. Needed for the culture to survive  
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Ethnocentrism   Thinking your culture is superior to other cultures  
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Diversity   A wide variety of cultures present in one setting  
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Assimilation   Process by which a person becomes a member of a culture  
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Cultural Diffusion   The spreading and intermixing of cultures  
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Melting Pot Theory   Different cultures combine to form a new culture with traits from all the original cultures  
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Salad Bowl Theory   As new cultures mix together, they maintain their own individual identities  
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Technology   The use of science and math to solve a problem  
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Civilization   The aggregate culture of a group of people  
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Cultural Region   An area where people share a common way of life  
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Clan   An extended family all tracing their roots back to a common ancestor  
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Tribe   A group of clans that unify into a larger group but all trace their roots back to a common ancestor  
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Matrilineal   Lineage is traced back through the mother  
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Nomad   A member of a people or tribe that has no permanent home. Rather, they move from place to place, according to the seasons, in order to find food and water  
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Hodenashonee/Iroquois   "People of the Longhouse". Native American tribe that lived in New York State  
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Three Sisters   Corn, Beans, Squash; the basic foods of the Iroquois  
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Confederacy   League of independent states or nations  
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League of the Five Nations   The collective name of the Iroquois after they formed their confderacy  
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