Nat Americans Test

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  1. Native American
    pertaining to Indigenous people in living in the Americas or to their culture or languages
    This map shows the area that used to be inhabited by Native American tribes.
  2. cremate
    reduce to ashes
    These are basically big piles of earth on which people would build structures or, in some cases, bury or cremate bodies.
  3. Chickasaw
    a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
    By the 1600s, there were four Native American tribes living within the boundaries of what we now call Tennessee: Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Shawnee.
  4. Shawnee
    a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
    By the 1600s, there were four Native American tribes living within the boundaries of what we now call Tennessee: Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Shawnee.
  5. Cherokee
    a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
    By the 1600s, there were four Native American tribes living within the boundaries of what we now call Tennessee: Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Shawnee.
  6. fascinate
    attract; cause to be enamored
    Meanwhile there is another fascinating prehistoric site in Coffee County, at a place called Old Stone Fort.
  7. prehistoric
    belonging to or existing before recorded times
    Meanwhile there is another fascinating prehistoric site in Coffee County, at a place called Old Stone Fort.
  8. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
    When people from Europe began moving into the place we now call Tennessee, they encountered a culture completely different than anything they had ever known.
  9. virtual
    being actually such in almost every respect
    If you click on each link shown, you will be taken to a detailed virtual tour of these places, Tennessee History for Kids style.
  10. inhabit
    live in; be a resident of
    This map shows the area that used to be inhabited by Native American tribes.
  11. dominate
    be in control
    The Chickasaw dominated what we now call West Tennessee.
  12. dominated
    controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
    The Chickasaw dominated what we now call West Tennessee.
  13. expose
    make visible or apparent
    Big differences

    By this time you have been exposed to a lot of incorrect information in television and movies about Native American cultures.
  14. vacant
    not containing anyone or anything; unfilled or unoccupied
    And the Shawnee lived in the northern part of Middle Tennessee, though by around 1700 or so they were run out of that area, leaving most of Middle Tennessee as vacant hunting land.
  15. encounter
    come together
    When people from Europe began moving into the place we now call Tennessee, they encountered a culture completely different than anything they had ever known.
  16. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
    These are basically big piles of earth on which people would build structures or, in some cases, bury or cremate bodies.
  17. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
    By the time European settlers arrived in Tennessee, these mounds were mostly abandoned.
  18. European
    of or relating to or characteristic of Europe
    By the time European settlers arrived in Tennessee, these mounds were mostly abandoned.
  19. Europe
    the 2nd smallest continent
    When people from Europe began moving into the place we now call Tennessee, they encountered a culture completely different than anything they had ever known.
  20. country
    the territory occupied by a nation
    Keep in mind that most of the time, Native Americans in movies are the ones who lived out west, not the ones who lived in this part of the country.
Created on Mon Jul 19 10:13:23 EDT 2010 (updated Mon Jul 19 10:31:35 EDT 2010)

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