Land & Peoples of North America

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The Pacific Coast is near what ocean?

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Pacific

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A _____ is made from long logs & carved & decorated to represent people and animals, made from totems.

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totem pole

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people that lived by hunting animals and gathering plants

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hunter-gatherer

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Ancient writing that uses pictures for words

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hieroglyphs

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A spoken record, such as passing down stories from one generation to the next is known as ________.

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oral history

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A flat topped hill with steep sides

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mesa

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flat, grassy stretches of land

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prairie

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to take and gather fully grown crops such as wheat and corn for use

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harvest

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method of clearing land for faming by cutting and burning trees

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slash-and-burn

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The region near Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah are part of what region?

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Southwest