Hearts of our people Flashcards

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Couvetousness

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The act of having a very strong desire to have something that someone else has

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Diverse

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Very different from each other

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Nomad

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A member of a tribe travelling from one place to another

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Band

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Group

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Democratic

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Organized according to the principle that everyone in a society is equally important, no matter how much money they have or what social class they come from

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Rigid

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Strict

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Plateu

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An area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes. Regions in Western Canada, specifically British Columbia, and the United States, including parts of Idaho, California, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.

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Arctic

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A polar region located at the northernmost part of earth. The US Indians lived in the present day Alaska, Canada and Greenland

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Subarctic

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A region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic and covering mush of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Scandinavia, Siberia and the Shetland Islands

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Mesoamerica

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A region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica

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Circum-Caribbean

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Along the coast of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, etc.

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Egalitarian

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Based on the belied that everyone is equal and should have equal rights

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To depart

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To start to use new ideas or do something in a different way

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Philosophy

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The study of the nature and meaning of existence, truth, good and evil, etc.

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In harmony with

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Being one with

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16
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Dispossession

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The act of taking something away from someone

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Cession

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The act of giving up land, property, or rights, especially to another country after a war, or something that is given up in this way

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Assimilation

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The process of becoming an accepted part of a country or a group

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Treaty

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A formal written agreement between two or more countries or governments

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Reservation

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An area of land in the US kept separate for Native Americans to live on

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To emerge

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To appear or come out of somewhere

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Diplomat

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Someone who officially represents their government in a foreign country/someone who is good at dealing with people without upsetting them

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Orator

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Someone whois good at making speeches and persuading people

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Respectively

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In they order that they are mentioned

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Raid

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A short attack on a place, intended to cause damaged but not take control

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Prestige

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Respect and admiration

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Eloquently

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In a fluent or persuasive manner

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Guttural

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Sound produced in the throat, harsh sounding