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| an area of land controlled by another, usually distant, country. |
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- traits that are used to describe the way people use their resources to meet their wants.
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| a group of people who share a language and similar customs. |
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- the movement of people from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at that place for a long period of time.
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| the first peoples living in a particular region, for example the Eskimos and the Indians were the first to inhabit North America. |
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| Political characteristics |
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| looking at the way people form government policy, choose to govern themselves and work within the political arena to get and hold office. |
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| a place where people make a permanent new home. |
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| a person who makes a permanent home in a new place. Settlers from many countries built homes in the English colonies. |
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- traits that are used to describe how people live together in a society, including their traditions, housing, diet, religion, language, education, and the development of their art and music.
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| a group of people bound together by the same culture or way of life. |
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