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8-1 Vocab Flashcards

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Culture

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A group or communities way of life

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Landbridge theory

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Theory thought by scientists where people first came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia. They came across a bridge of land from Siberia to Alaska.

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Shaman

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Native American spiritual leader who performed religious ceremonies

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Siouan

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Language group. Spoke by Catawba, Cheraw, PeeDee, Waccamaw, and Santee

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Iroquoian

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Language spoke by Cherokee

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Muskogean

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Language spoken near Winyah Bay

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Woodland

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Hunters, gatherers, and farmers. Lived in small villages and they developed pottery.

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Paleo

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Hunters. Made small stone spear tools. Also were nomads.

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Archaic

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Hunters and gatherers. Used woven baskets and bow and arrows. Also were nomads.

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Yamassee

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Farmers who lived near Savannah River. Lived in villages in wigwam and wattle-and-daub homes.

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Catawba

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Lived near SC and NC border. Chief and governing council ruled villages.

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Cherokee

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Lived in NW SC. Fought Catawba for hunting grounds.

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Prehistory

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Period of time before there were written records.

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Artifact

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Object made by humans during an earlier time

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Anthropologist

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Person who studies the development of human societies and cultures

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Archaeologist

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Person who studies prehistoric people and their culture by looking at artifacts

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Migrate

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To go from one place to the next

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Nomad

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A tribe or group of people that move place to place

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Projectile point

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A stone, bone, or wooden tip attached to a weapon such as an arrow, dart, or spear

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Ritual

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An established religious procedure

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Hieroglyphics

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Pictographic script, which is written in symbols

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Immunity

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Resistance to something such as a disease. Immunity lacked in Indians.

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Hominy

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Corn based food

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Wigwam

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American Indian house. Pole in the middle with bark or skins covering, forming a circle tent

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