Key Words Flashcards
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What is sacred ?
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Holy and special
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What does nomadic mean ?
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Traveling , on the move
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What is a ritual ?
A
Something done in a very special way designed to show what you believe
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What does scalping mean ?
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To cut off the hair and skin on top of the head . It was though to weaken the enemy’s spirit in the afterlife
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What is reservation ?
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Small areas of often poor quality land on which tribes were forced to live
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What is massacre ?
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To murder people in a savage way
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What is a gold rush ?
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A gold rush is when thousand of people migrate to a country that has been reported to have gold
