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15 Cards in this Set
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Define: Ancestor
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People from whom one is descended.
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Define: Anthropologists
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Scientists who study human cultures.
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Define: Archaeologists
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Scientists who study items left behind by ancient peoples.
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Define: Clan
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Groups of people who believed themselves related by blood.
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Define: Culture
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Ways of life.
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Define: Tribe
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Is a group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name, and way of living.
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Define: Artifacts
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Items as pieces of stone, bone, pottery, and tools to discover how the people lived.
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Define: Atlatl
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A sort stick which helped them throw spears with more force.
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Define: agriculture
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Farming
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Define: Dialects
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A regional form of language.
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What were the three (3) spoken language families?
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1. Algonquian
2. Iroquoian 3. Siouan |
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What were the three (3) spoken language families?
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1. Algonquian
2. Iroquoian 3. Siouan |
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Archaeologists have grouped the pre-contact peoples into for cultures. Please list the four cultures in order.
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1. Paleo - culture lasted about 10,000 years ago.
2. Arachic - culture covers the period from about 10,000 to about 2,500 years ago. 3. Woodland - culture developed about 1000 BC to 1000 AD. 4. Mississippian - Culture started about 700 AD to about 1300. |
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What is the difference between the Pre-contact and Post-contact Indians.
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Pre-contact records are based on the findings of archaeologists. Post-contact records are based on the findings of the Europeans after making contact and maintaining records about them.
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What is the signifiance differnce between the Pre-contact and Post-contact Indians.
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Pre-contact records are based on the findings of archaelologists. Post-contact records are based on the findings of the Europeans after making contact and maintaining records about them.
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