Early American Vocabulary

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Primary Source

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A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

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Secondary Source

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Information gathered by someone who did not take part in

or witness an event

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social

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Deals with people and society (culture)

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Political

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relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.

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Economic

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the system in a country that involves making, buying, and

selling goods (think $$$, jobs, businesses, workers)

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Landbridge

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A piece of land that allowed people to migrate from one

continent to another

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Nomads

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people who wander from place to place

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migrate

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to move from one place to another

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Iroquois Confederacy

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a group of Native American nations in eastern North

America joined together under one general government

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Northwest Passage

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a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans

along the northern coast of North America does NOT exist