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What is a vast, long period of time?
Eon
What is the area of land that drains into tributaries and eventually into larger rivers?
Drainage Basin
What is a low-grade of coal?
Lignite
What is requiring clan members to marry outside of the clan?
Exogamic
What is Ms. Binder's favorite color?
green
What is the time in Mississippi from its establishment as an American territory in 1798 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861?
Antebulleum
What is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river?
Tributary
What is a storehouse for grain?
Granaries
What is an important ritual among southeastern Indians held in late August in anticipation of a bountiful harvest?
Green Corn Ceremony
How long is this class?
9 weeks
What is another word for corn
Maize
What is a wild hog found in southern states?
Razorbacks
What is tracing the line of descent through the mother rather than the father?
Matrilineal
What is a native american chief?
Mingos
When is your vocab test?
Friday
What is windblown dust that accumulates and forms a ridge of bluffs as it approaches higher elevations?
Loess soil
What is a man-made lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use?
Reservoirs
What is a peace pipe?
Calumet
What is the state and federal policy that authorized the forced removal of thousands of southeastern Indians to the Indian Territory in today’s Oklahoma?
Indian Removal
How many children does Ms. Binder have?
1
What is Soil that was deposited by running water?
Alluvial soil
What is the commercial production of freshwater animals, like catfish, and aquatic plants?
Aquaculture
What is a group of Native Americans that included several families with a common ancestry?
Clan
What is the yielding of land to another party?
Land Cessions
Who is the other teacher in our class?
Coach Hogan