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19 Cards in this Set
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archaeology
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study of the unwritten past
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artifacts
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remians of objects made by humans
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migration
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movement of people from one region to another
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hunter-gathers
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people who hunt animals and gahter wild plants to provide for their needs
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environments
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climates and landscapes that surrond living things
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societies
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groups of people who live together and share a culture
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culture
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common values and traditions of a society, such as language, goverment, and family relationships.
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domestication
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process of breeding plants and animals for use of humans
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maize
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corn, most important crop by Indians in North America and Mesoamerica.
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glyphs
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symbols or images, particualry when cut into a surface
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kayaks
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one person canoes almost completely enclosed by animal skins
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igloos
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house built of blocks of ice or ohter materials by Inuit people in Canada and Alaska
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totems
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images of ancestors or animal spirits; in tall poles by Native Americans or Pacific North West
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potlatches
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evnets by Indians people of American North West at host gave away goods to gain respect
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kivas
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circular ceremonial rooms used for religious actives by Native Americans of the American South West
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wigwams
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small circular huts in which some north eastern Indians people lived.
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longhouses
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rectanular dwelings by Irquis shaved by familes
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feudalism
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systerm of goverment that prose during Middle Ages in people gave loyality to a lord for protection or land
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manors
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large esates held by monarches and nobles in Middle Ages
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