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12/04/2012
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9th Grade
12/04/2012

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Adaptive Strategies
Definition
technology, ecology, demography, and economies that define human behavior
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Anglo-American Landscape
Definition
an American, especially an inhabitant of the United States, whose language and ancestry are English
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Architectural Form
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Built Environment
Definition
the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity
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Folk Culture
Definition
traditional culture
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Folk Food
Definition
traditional food
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Folk House
Definition
common houses in America
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Folk Songs
Definition
traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
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Folklore
Definition
unwritten lore (stories, proverbs, riddles, songs) of a culture
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Material Culture
Definition
objects of natural or culural significance
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Nonmaterial Culture
Definition
abstract or untangible human creations of society (such as attitudes, beliefs, and values) that influence people's behavior
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Popular Culture
Definition
the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images, and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal onsensus within the mainstream of a given culture, specificall Western culture of the early to mid 20th century
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Survey Systems
Definition
the system surveys are organized by
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Traditional Architechture
Definition
buildings that are generally thought of as traditional and old
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Gender Gap 
Definition
a measurable difference between the behaviors of men and women
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Infanticide
Definition
murdering an infant
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Dowry Death
Definition
the deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by husbands
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Longevity Gap
Definition
the difference of average expected life spans between groups of people, races, or nations
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Maternal Mortality Rate
Definition
the death of a woman during or shortly after pregnancy
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Enfranchisement

 

 

Definition
freedom from political subjugation or servitude
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Gender
Definition
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of the reproductive roles
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