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Anthropology
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the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind
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Subsistence
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refers to the diet of human groups and the ways in which people obtain food
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Hunting and Gathering
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refers to small societies with simple social structures who gather foods, such as plants and small animals, from the environment
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Agriculture
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the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock;farming
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To domesticate
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to adapt a plant or animal for human use
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Social Organization
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people living in groups, or "societies" develop rules so that group activities can proceed smoothly
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Leadership and Government
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small and large societies trust of vest authority in who is most skilled or has the power to direct group activities
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Religion
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explains the nature of the world and provides a moral structure so that people may live in harmony
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Kinship
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how a person identifies his or her blood relatives
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Matrilocal
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when a man and a woman marry, they go to live with the woman's extended family
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Patrilocal
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when a woman and a man marry, they live with the man's extended family
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Patriarchal
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status and power is controlled by men
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Patrilineal
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generational descent through the male line only
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Matrilineal
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generational descent through the female line only
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Bilateral
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descent from generation to generation through both male and female lines
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Ethnography
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a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures
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Shamanism
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the belief that everything in the world has spirit and that certain special people can communicate with the spirit world
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Inuit
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"the people"
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Where do the Inuits reside?
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Arctic and Subarctic
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Name the Inuit Shelter
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Iglus
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What are Inuit Clothing made from?
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Caribou skin
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Name some sources of food
Separate Inland and Coastal |
Inland: Caribou, musk-ox, fish
Coastal: Seal, walrus, whales, sea mammals, fish |
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What did Inuit people use as a fuel source for soapstone lamps?
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Animal fat (refined & rendered)
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Line of Inukshuk
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A semblance of men
Used to capture enough animals of the Inuit groups |
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What was used to sew clothing?
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Sinew (a connective tissue)
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What is the social organization of the Inuits
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Hunting and trading partnerships
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Was the Bering Sea Inuits patrilineal or matrilinean
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patrilinean
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What did the Iroquois live in?
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Longhouses
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Was Iroquois patrilineal or matrilnean?
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matrilnean
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Was Iroquois patrilocal or matrilocal?
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matrilocal
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What did the Iroquois people find?
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Agriculture
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Agrarian
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the cultivation of land.
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The plains people depended on...
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the bison
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What was the use of deer skin?
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Clothing
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Pemmican
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Trail food that consists of ground up bison, meat that has been dried, lard and dried berries
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Which two First Nation groups celebrate the Sun Dance?
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Plains people and the Plateau people
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What did the Plateau people live in?
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Pit houses for the winter
Tents for the summer |
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Where were Plateau people shelters located?
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near a water supply
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What are the food sources of Plateau people?
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Salmon, deer
Berries, Edible roots |
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What did the plateau people hunt?
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Bisons
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What is a Totem Pole and what does it do?
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Totems poles are curved wood seen as art
Totem poles depicts a family history using crests and designs |
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Which First Nations group(s) thought that dances were important?
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Plateau - Sun Dance
Plains - Sun Dance Northwest - Dances |
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What were masks worn during dances for?
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Masks were worn to represent characters in legends
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What was a main material in construction for the Northwest peoples
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Cedar
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Potlatch
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A traditional ceremony practiced by many aboriginal peoples of the pacific northwest coast to show wealth and status
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Season Round
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the movement of the people of the Northwest Coast.
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What is a major food source for the Northwest people during winter times?
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Shellfish and Salmon
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Bilateral Kinship
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Allows one to marry outside their own group
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Soapston
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a soft stone that has a soapy feel
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Kayak
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an Inuit canoe consisting of a frame that is covered with skins except for a small opening in the center
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Umiak
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a larger boat covered with hides and propelled by broad paddles
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Nuclear Family
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a mother, a father and their children
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Extended Family
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the people related to the members of the nuclear family
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Blind
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an enclosure used to conceal oneself from wildlife for the purpose of hunting
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Pound
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hunting by trapping in a pen and killing
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