Word Meanings Flashcards

1
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What are archeologists

A

Someone who studies the past by looking at objects found in the ground

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2
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What is trance

A

A mental state in which you do to notice what is going on around you

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3
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What is stone age

A

A period when people used tools made from stone, bone or wood

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4
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What is shellfish

A

A kind of animal that lived in the water and has a shell

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5
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What is vitamins

A

A substance that you find in food that you need to be healthy

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6
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What is poisonous

A

Something that will kill or make a person very sick

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7
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What is relax

A

To rest and be calm

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8
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What is an environment

A

Everything around you

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9
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What is similar

A

The same in some ways but not completely the same

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10
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What is spirit world

A

Part that is not in the physical world

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11
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What is a shaman

A

Member of a community that is believed to move between the seen and the unseen world

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12
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What are historians

A

People who study history

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13
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What are chiefdoms

A

Areas of land ruled by a chief

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14
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What is a cattle kraal

A

A small area of land with a fence around it it and cattle inside

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15
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What is a homestead

A

The home of a family

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16
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What is a ritual

A

Ceremony that are always done in the same way

17
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What is conflict

A

A fight or argument

18
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What is lineage

A

The children and their children of one individual

19
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What is a clan

A

A group of families related to one and other

20
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What is initiation

A

Allowing someone to become a member of a group

21
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What is economic

A

Contact to the way people spend money and trade

22
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What is ceremony

A

A formal event

23
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What is division of labor

A

The spreading of tasks among people

24
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What are furnaces

A

A very hot fire In a closed space used to heat metals

25
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What are bellows

A

Instruments used to blow air onto a fire

26
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What is Deliberately

A

Planned not by mistake

27
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What is communal activities

A

Activities shared by the group

28
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What are beaters

A

Hunters beating on a drum to make noise and scare animals