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Chapter 2 Vocabulary- Lauren S
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5th Grade
11/05/2008

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origin stories
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tales that a group of people tell about where they came from and th earth came to be
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migration routes
Definition
the path followed by a group of people when they move rom one country or area of the world to anothere
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environments
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places with different types of nature surrounding including land water air plants and annimals. For example grasslands and deserts are two very different types of envronments.
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adapt
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to change ideas and way of living to fit a new environment.
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goddesses
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felmale spirits or gods who control parts  of the world
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migration
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a movement of people form one country or area of the world to a new country in  another country or area.
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migrants
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people who move (migrate) from one country  or area of the world  to a new  home  in another country or area .
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big game
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large animals thatare hunted for  their flesh skin and  other valuble body parts.(game is another wored for hunted animals)
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adaptations
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change in  a way of life that  allow people ( or organisum) to survive in a particular evirnment.
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driftwood
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wood that has washed up onto the shores of river or oceans.
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