U2: The First Americans Flashcards

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The belief that animals, plants, and nature have spirits.

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Animism

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Land that once connected Asia and North America, used by early migrants.

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Bering Land Bridge

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A group’s shared beliefs, customs, language, and traditions.

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Culture

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The study of land, water, climate, and how people live in different places.

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Geography

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Powerful alliance of six Native nations in the Northeast (New York).

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Haudenosaunee Confederacy

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The first people to live in a land before outsiders arrived.

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Indigenous

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A long wooden home shared by several families in Haudenosaunee culture.

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Longhouse

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A family system where ancestry and inheritance are passed through the mother.

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Matrilineal

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The movement of people from one place to another.

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Migration

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A descendant of the first peoples to live in North America.

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Native American