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A ceremonial pipe used to symbolize peace
Calumet
What is a low grade of coal?
lignite
What authorized the forced removal of southeastern Indians to the Indian Territory in today's Oklahoma?
Indian Removal
What is a fertile soil made of sediment (sand, silt, clay, gravel) deposited by flowing water, such as rivers and streams, found in floodplains, and deltas.
Alluvial Soil
What is the mother's ancestry used to determine lineage?
matrilineal,
What is a grain storage?
granary
What refers to the era before the American Civil War (1861–1865), typically spanning from the end of the War of 1812 (around 1815) to 1861, is characterized by rapid westward expansion, growing Northern industrialization, and the Southern economy's increasing dependence on slave labor for cotton, creating deep political and social divisions that ultimately led to war.
Antebellum Period
What is an artificial lake created by damming a river, used for flood control, water supply, recreation, and ecological management?
Reservoirs
What is a vast, long period of time?
Eon
What is a group of Native Americans that included several families with a common ancestry?
Clan
What is a fine-grained, wind-deposited sediment primarily composed of silt-sized particles
Loess Soil
What is the farming of aquatic organisms (fish, crawfish, etc.) in controlled environments?
Aquaculture
What is another name for maize?
Corn
What is an important ritual among southeastern Indians held in late August in anticipation of a bountiful harvest?
Green Corn Ceremony
What is a term for tough, wild-looking feral hogs?
Razorbacks
What term means that members of a specific clan or tribe were required by custom or law to marry someone from outside their own particular social group or clan?
Exogamic
What is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river?
tributary
What is a native American chief?
Mingo
What is a land area where all precipitation (rain, snowmelt) collects and drains downhill into a common outlet, like a river, lake, wetland, or ocean, forming a natural system of channels (streams, rivers) that transport the water?
Drainage Basin
What refers to the formal transfer or "yielding" of vast amounts of land rights from Native American nations (primarily the Choctaw and Chickasaw) to the U.S. government>
Land Cessions