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Clashing Cultures in the New World

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Algonquin   Eastern Woodland Culture - Different dialects, didn't develop strong ties, willing to ally themselves with others who held the same interests.  
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Agricultural Revolution   Shift to basic crops. Provided a more reliable store for food.  
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Anasazi   New Mexico - Technologically sophisticated networks: irrigation of canals, transportation system -roads/highways.  
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potlatch ceremony   American Indians - Competing leaders held a banquet and tried to outdo one another in their generosity to fellow members.  
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shamans   Religious guides of tribes;duties included the practice of medicine since most Indians believed that illness was caused by the offending of a spirit or spirits.  
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ethnocentrism   belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group  
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stateless societies   A society lacking a central government; largely autonomous communities organized around lineage structures.  
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mutual obligation   While peasants were bound to provide their lords with food and services, aristocrats did the same and provided security and supplies to their peasants.  
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dual-sex principle   each sex handling its own affairs, disputes, or problems.  
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feudalism   Complicated social, economic, and political system that had European society overwhelmingly concerned with power, rank, and social order.  
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Renaissance   introduced many Europeans to the concept of Humanism.  
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Protestant Reformation   A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.  
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Priesthood of All Believers   Argued that formally educated clerics might be nice to have but were unnecessary in maintaining one's spiritual life with God.  
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Humanism   Places the human form, rather than God, at the center of investigation, inquiry, thought, and art.  
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anticlericalism   Opposes the clergy for reasons including their power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvement with citizens; helped start religious reformation in England.  
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