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the ioquois
social studies final 2014
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| man made | something made by humans |
| the irpquois | known as people of the long house |
| clan | a group of people who trace their family back to a commone ancestor |
| culture | the way of life of a group of people |
| extended family | nuculear family, plus anuts, uncles, grandparents and cousins |
| the land bridge | a narrow peice of land from asia to north america-- was where the Bering Streit is now |
| long house | a type of house used by the iroquois |
| maternial | the mothers side of the family |
| paternial | fathers side of the family |
| myth | a story used to explain something in nature |
| nucleur family | mother, father, children |
| precolonial | befor Christopher Columbus |
| prehistorical | before written reccords |
| resorvation | land set aside for the indians |
| siblings | brothers and sisters |
| "the three sisters" | corn, beans and squash |
| Tuscurora | the 6th nation to join the confederacy |
| the five nations of the iroquois confederacy | seneca, cayuga, onondaga, oneida, mohawk |