| A | B |
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| artifact | an object, such as a tool, weapon, claypot, that was left behind my people long ago |
| celebration | a party or festival to honor an event publicly (e.g., holiday, birthday, anniversary) |
| community | a group living in the same area and having the same interests |
| culture | learned human behavior that includes ideas, beliefs, vlues, artifacts, and ways of making a living that are transmitted from generation to generation |
| custom | a way of doing something within a group or society that becomes a habit and tradition |
| diversity | understanding and respecting others and oneself including similarities and differences in language, gender, socioeconomic class, religion, and other human traits |
| frontier | the edge of a settlement |
| heritage | traditions handed down from generation to generation |
| history | the study or record of what happened in the past |
| immigrant | a person who moves from one country to another to live permanently |
| immigration | the process of people moving to a new place to stay permanently, or for a long period of time |
| migration | the process of people moving from one place to another with the intent of staying there for a short time or permanently |
| monument | something setup to remember a person or an event (e.g., statue, tablet, headstone) |
| oral histories | a gathering of personal recollections and interviews |
| past | gone by, a former time |
| present | happening now |
| religious | pertaining to the belief in God or gods |
| revolution | a sudden change in government |
| settlement | the process of establishing a permanent home in a new region |
| technology | the use of new tools, ideals and methods to solve problems |
| tradition | a custom or belief that is handed down from generation to generation |
| transportation | a means of moving goods and people from place to place |
| treaty | a formal agreement between nations to create or restrict rights and reponsibilities |
| American | pertaining to the United States, America |
| apprentice | a person learning a trade |
| British | of Great Britian |
| clan | a group of people with similar interests |
| colonial | pertaining to a colony |
| colonization | the process where one nation establishes a settlement in another region of the world |
| empire | a group of lands and people under one government |
| English | people from England |
| era | a period of time measured from some important event |
| explorer | a person who travels and investigates places where others have not been |
| family | all those people who are descended from a common ancestor (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, children) |
| indentured servant | person who signed a contract to work for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to new colonies |
| Industrial Revolution | changes in the way goods were produced and the way people lived and worked that began in England and eventually spread throughout Europe and the world |
| Iroquois | a member of North American Indian people that lived in upstate New York |
| loyalist | colonist who was loyal to the king of England |
| multicultural | recognizing the needs and contributions of all cultural groups of people |
| Native American | an American Indian |
| patriot | colonist who supported the fight against Great Britian |
| reservation | an area set aside for Indian use |
| Revolutionary War | was fought by the colonists to gain independence from Great Britian |
| sachem | the chief of some North American Indian tribes |
| slavery | holding a person against their will with no freedom or personal rights |
| Tory | colonist who was against the king of England |
| Underground Railroad | secret network of people who helped runaway slaves reach freedom in the north or Canada |
| wampum | small beads made of shells used by Native American Indians as money |
