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Vocabulary from Ch. 2 of SS - The First Americans

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a huge, slow moving mass of ice covering land   show
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the movement of people   show
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a possible explanation   show
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show archaeologist  
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an object made by early people   show
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a person’s child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on   show
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a story by Native America people that tell about their beginnings and how the world came to be   show
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show ancestor  
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a period of ten years   show
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a period of one hundred years   show
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a period of one thousand years   show
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a wandered who has no settled home   show
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the use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something   show
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no longer in existence   show
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show agriculture  
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show tribe  
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a culture that usually has cities with well developed forms of government, religion, and education   show
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show class  
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show slavery  
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a Spanish word for “village”   show
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show adapt  
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something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used   show
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an amount that is more than what is needed   show
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show ceremony  
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a cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud   show
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a boat made from a large, hollowed out log   show
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to exchange goods usually without using money   show
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a special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing   show
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show clan  
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a house that was partially built over a hole in the Earth so some rooms could be underground   show
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a long spear with a sharp point on one end   show
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show totem pole  
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a circular house of the Plains Indians   show
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show sod  
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a cone-shaped tent make from wooden poles and buffalo skins   show
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show travois  
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a wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals   show
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a method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees   show
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show wigwam  
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beads made from cut and polished seashells strung together and used to keep records, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or give as gifts   show
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show longhouse  
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show confederation  
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a group that makes laws   show
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