14.1 and 14.2 Vocabulary

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Aborigines

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one of Australia's original inhabitants

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Polynesian

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member of the Pacific Island cultural group know for long-distance navigation skills

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penal colony

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a place where convicted prisoners were sent, far from their home country

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oral tradition

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a community's cultural and historical background, passed down in spoken stories and songs

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marae

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enclosed area of land that functions as the center of Maori culture

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Maori

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original inhabitants of New Zealand

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expedition

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a journey made for exploration, research, or war

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dominion

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territory of the British Empire with internal self-rule

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assimilation

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process by which one group takes on the cultural traits of another

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inhabitant

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a person who lives in a place