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Into the Wild
Vocab, places, dates, people.
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English
11th Grade
12/01/2010

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Term
Muskeg
Definition
A bog of Northern America.
Term
Unsullied
Definition
not stained or tarnished
Term
Sonorous
Definition
giving out or capable of giving sound
Term
Meander
Definition
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
Term
Flinty
Definition
compose of containing, or resembling flint
Term
Escarpments
Definition
a long, precipitous, cliff-like ridge of land, rock 
Term
Trough
Definition
a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike shape to hold water for animals.
Term
Amalgam
Definition
an alloy of mercury mixed with other metal(s)
Term
Antimony(claims)
Definition
brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring nature. Free or combined.
Term
Permafrost
Definition
ground that is forever frozen
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Derelict
Definition
left of deserted as by owner or guardian
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Oxidized
Definition
to convert (an element) into an oxide with oxygen
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Anomaly
Definition
a deviation from the common rule
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Subcutaneous
Definition
situated or under lying the skin
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Conumacious
Definition
willfully disobedient 
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Ramparts
Definition
a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fornication; shelter
Term
Hyperkinetic
Definition
increased muscular movement
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Itinerant 
Definition
traveling from place to place, especially to perform work
Term
Rubber tramps
Definition
a person who lives in and creeps around a vehicle that looks like it is barely held together with rubber bands
Term
Leather tramps
Definition
A person who lives a nomadic life but travels by way of hitchhiking their way across the country
Term
Estranged
Definition
to remove from an accustomed place or set of associations 
Term
Nomadic
Definition
a person with no fixed residence who roams about
Term
Encumbered
Definition
To hinder or of impede the action of performance; to burnden
Term
Emancipated
Definition
To free from bondage or restraint; to release (a child) from the control of a parent of guardian
Term
Amphibious
Definition
Able to operate on both land and water
Term
Lumpen
Definition
of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals 
Term
Garrulous
Definition
excessively talkative in a rambling 
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Denuded
Definition
to make naked or bare
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Anachronistic
Definition
The representation of a person/event/thing in a historical context in which it could no have occurred 
Term
Hegira
Definition
A flight or a journey to a more desirable place
Term
Desiccated
Definition
dehydrated or powdered 
Term
Harangues
Definition
a scolding or long intense verbal attack
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Unalloyed
Definition
to not be mixed with other metals; natural.
Term

What happened in May 1990? (A)

What happened in June 1990? (B)

Where did these events take place? (C)

Definition

A: Graduated from Emory University

B: Chris sent his parents his final transcripts

C: Atlanta, Georgia 

Term

What happened July-August 1990? (A)

Where does all this take place? (B)

Definition

A: Chris leaves Atlanta & heads to Lake Mead *which proved to be a mistake because the temperatures were very high 

A:Chris spent two month hiking in the West

Meets Crazy Ernie who he stays with for a bit


B: Detrital Wash, Az & Lake Mead 

 

Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, California

Term

Why do Chris's parents go to his apartment? (A)

What do they find? (B)

Who does Chris meet in Orick, CA? (C)

What does Chris do in Willow Creek, CA? (D)

When does this all happen? (E)

Definition

A: They haven't heard from him in a while

B: They find that it is empty

C: Chris meets Jan Burres an Bob

D: He accidentally gives his information to an officer

E: August 1990

Term

What happens in Sept 1990? (A)

Where is this? (B)

Definition

A: Chris meets Wayne Westerberg. Becomes part of “the family” at Wayne’s business. Gives Chris a job. Finds out his real name is Chris but decides not to  question him.

B: Carthage, South Dakota

Term

What happens in October 1990? [2 things!] (A)

Where does this happen? (B)

Definition

A: Rangers (Bud Walsh) finds Chris's abandoned car and his parents get an unpaid ticket in the mail

B: Lake Mead, AZ

Term

What happens October- December 1990?

Where does this happen?

Definition

A: Chris catches a ride in California with a truck driver. Decides to walk 12 miles to Arizona. Buys a canoe on impulse and paddles down the Colorado River to Gulf of California

Eventually ends up in Lake Havasu

December: Reaches Mexican border and sneaks in by paddling through dam’s opening because he had no I.D. on him 

B: Needles, CA & Miscellaneous (see map on pg. 24)

Term

What happens on the U.S. Border? (A)

What happens in Houston, Los Angeles? (B)

When does this all happen? (C)

Definition

A: Chris is caught by immigration authorities, has to spend night in custody

B: Buries his money. Wants to get an ID and job but feels like he has too much control with money

C: January-February 1991

Term

What happens in April 1992? (A)

Where does this happen? (B)

Definition

A: Chris gets picked up by Jim Gallien. Jim drops him off and gives him his boots before he heads for the Stampede Trail.

B: Fairbanks, Alaska 

Term

What happens in August/September 1992? (A)

Where does this happen? (B)

Definition

A: Chris leaves an S.O.S. note sometime in August.

Moose hunters including Butch Killian find his remains and get transportation for them

B: Fairbanks, Alaska

Term

Jim Gallien:

Where does Chris meet him? (A)

What name does Chris identify with? (B)

Definition

A: Fairbanks, Alaska

B: Alex

Term

Wayne Westerberg:

Where does Chris meet him? (A)

What name does he identify with? (B)

Definition

A: Carthage, South Dakota

B: Alex

Term

Bud Walsh:

Where's this guy from? (A)

Why is he important? (B)

Definition

A: Detrital Wash, Arizona

B: He finds Chris's abandoned car

Term

Butch Killian:

Where is this guy from? (A)

Why is he important? (B)

 

Definition

A: Fairbanks Alaska

B: Is able to transport Chris's remains 

Term

Jan Burres and Bob:

Where do they meet Chris? (A)

What name does he identify with? (B)

Definition

A: Orick, CA

B: Alex

Term

Who is Walt McCandless? (A)

Billie McCandless? (B)

Carine McCandless? (C)

Where are they from? (D)

Definition

A: Chris's dad

B: Chris's mom

C: Chris's sister

D: Annadale, Virginia

Term

Thomas and Karin:

Where did they meet Chris?

Definition
The Grand Canyon
Term

TRANSCENDENTALIST NOTES

When did Emerson write "Nature"?

Definition
1836 (he published it without a name)
Term

TRANSCENDENTALIST NOTES

What are characteristics of Transcendentalism?

Definition

Self reliance

Individualism

Ethical responsiblity

Rejected external authority

Term

TRANSCENDENTALIST NOTES

When did Transcendentalism take place?

 

Definition
1830-1840
Term

 

TRANSCENDENTALIST NOTES

Transcendentalists mostly consisted of ________?

 

Definition
New Englanders 
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