Cultural Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is a Cultural Region?

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A group of people who share where and how they live.

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What does the word Environment mean?

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The natural world: land, water, rocks, animals, plants

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What is Monte Verde and why is it important?

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Place in S. America where human bones were older than N. America

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What is a Theory?

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An idea that explains something but can not be proven

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True or False: The Beringia theory says that the first Americans came to N. America on boats.

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False

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True or False: Horses changed the lives of tribes in the Great Plains by making hunting the buffalo and moving easier.

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True

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True or False: The people of the Northwest Coast had a lot of natural resources from the forests, rivers and oceans so they did not have to farm.

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True

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True or False: Chicago would have been a part of the Northeast or Eastern Woodlands native culture group.

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True