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13 Cards in this Set
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thick sheets of ice
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glaciers
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the entire way of life of a people
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culture
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sun-dried brick used for building houses
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adobe
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Navajo house made of mud plaster over a framework of wooden poles
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hogan
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spirits represented by masked Native American dancers who were thought to bring good harvests
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Kachinas
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council of 50 specially chosen tribal leaders that met once a year to make decisions for the League of the Iroquois
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sachems
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Inuit house made of snow and ice
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igloo
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large, multistoried stone and adobe houses seen by Spanish explorers who called them by the Spanish word for "village"
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pueblos
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underground chamber for Pueblo religious ceremonies
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kiva
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ceremonial dinner given by one family to show off wealth and compete with other families in order to improve its standing within a village
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potlatch
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group of 2 or more related families
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clan
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community of people who share common customs, language and rituals
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tribe
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alliance formed by the 5 Iroquois Nations to end the fighting among them
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League of the Iriquois
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