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Ancient Chamorro Culture
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famine: an acute and general shortage of food
culture: the Ideas, customs, skills, arts, etc., of a gicven people in a given period
interpret: to explain the meaning of something
impartial: favoring no one side or party more than another; without prejudice or bias; fair, just
biased: a mental partiality or prejudice
logevity: how long someone or something lives
mortality rate: the rate at which a specified group of people die
hamlet: a very small village
matrilineal: designating or of descent, kinship, of derivation through the mother instead of the father
descent: lineage; ancestry; one generation
ma gas: an ancient Chamorro leader who helped make important decisions for the village or clan
monogamous:having only one wife or husband at a time
matua: thought to be the highest calss of people in ancient Chamorro times
atcha ot: in ancient Chamorro times this group of people formed the second high classes; they may have been the disenfrachsed relatives of the highest class
manachang: a group of people thought to be the lowest class during ancient Chamorro times
urritao:in ancient Chamorro times a young man of the upper class
caste: any of the distinc, hereditary social classe,s each traditionally excluded from socail dealing with the others
modified: changed
borrowed words: words taken from another language and adopted into a native language
continuity: uninterrupted flow, series, or succession; unbroken coherent whole
function: the purpose use of a tool
structure: a building; the way something is organized
pile house: a house built on posts, usually made of logs, to raise the house off the ground
verification: a verifying or being verified; establishment or confrimation of the truth or accuracy of a fact or theory.
vertical: extending at right angles to the plane of the horizon; perpendicular; upright
awl: a small, pointed tool used for making holes in wood, leather, etc.
adze:an axe-like tool used for trimming and smoothing wood
chisel: a sharp-edged tool for cutting or shaping wood, stone, or metal
crustacean: any of a class of arthropods, including shripms, crabs, barnacles, and lobsters, that usually live in the water and breath through gills; they have a hard outer shell and jointed appendages and bodies
mortar: a very hard bowwl in which a softer substances are ground or pounded to a powder with a pestle
pestle: a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances, especially in a mortal
proa: a sailing canoe made by ancient Chamorros using a lateen sail and an outrigger. It had the unique characteristic of having either end serve as the front or rear of the canoe
prow: the front end of a boat
asymmetrical: not being symmetrical, something that connot be divided into two equal halves
lateen: a triangular-shaped sail
stern: to stop or check; to dam up a river; to restrain something
slingstones: a small, football-shaped stone that was thrown from a sling by the ancient Chamorros
maneuvering:a planned and controlled tactical or strategic movement of troops, warships, aircraft, etc.
penetrate: to pass into; to tind or force a way into or through; to enter by piercing
Ancient Chamorro Culture
Across:1. | not being symmetrical, something that connot be divided into two equal halves | 6. | in ancient Chamorro times this group of people formed the second high classes; they may have been the disenfrachsed relatives of the highest class | 7. | a sharp-edged tool for cutting or shaping wood, stone, or metal | 9. | a small, pointed tool used for making holes in wood, leather, etc. | 12. | in ancient Chamorro times a young man of the upper class | 13. | to explain the meaning of something | 15. | the purpose use of a tool | 19. | a building; the way something is organized | 20. | how long someone or something lives | 21. | a triangular-shaped sail | 22. | lineage; ancestry; one generation | 24. | an axe-like tool used for trimming and smoothing wood | 25. | a group of people thought to be the lowest class during ancient Chamorro times | 28. | a mental partiality or prejudice | 31. | a verifying or being verified; establishment or confrimation of the truth or accuracy of a fact or theory. | 32. | the rate at which a specified group of people die | 34. | a planned and controlled tactical or strategic movement of troops, warships, aircraft, etc. | 35. | an acute and general shortage of food |
| | Down:2. | an ancient Chamorro leader who helped make important decisions for the village or clan | 3. | a very hard bowwl in which a softer substances are ground or pounded to a powder with a pestle | 4. | changed | 5. | designating or of descent, kinship, of derivation through the mother instead of the father | 8. | a small, football-shaped stone that was thrown from a sling by the ancient Chamorros | 10. | having only one wife or husband at a time | 11. | a very small village | 14. | thought to be the highest calss of people in ancient Chamorro times | 16. | any of a class of arthropods, including shripms, crabs, barnacles, and lobsters, that usually live in the water and breath through gills; they have a hard outer shell and jointed appendages and bodies | 17. | extending at right angles to the plane of the horizon; perpendicular; upright | 18. | a sailing canoe made by ancient Chamorros using a lateen sail and an outrigger. It had the unique characteristic of having either end serve as the front or rear of the canoe | 19. | to stop or check; to dam up a river; to restrain something | 23. | uninterrupted flow, series, or succession; unbroken coherent whole | 26. | a house built on posts, usually made of logs, to raise the house off the ground | 27. | to pass into; to tind or force a way into or through; to enter by piercing | 29. | any of the distinc, hereditary social classe,s each traditionally excluded from socail dealing with the others | 30. | a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances, especially in a mortal | 33. | the front end of a boat |
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Ancient Chamorro Culture
Across:1. | not being symmetrical, something that connot be divided into two equal halves | 6. | in ancient Chamorro times this group of people formed the second high classes; they may have been the disenfrachsed relatives of the highest class | 7. | a sharp-edged tool for cutting or shaping wood, stone, or metal | 9. | a small, pointed tool used for making holes in wood, leather, etc. | 12. | in ancient Chamorro times a young man of the upper class | 13. | to explain the meaning of something | 15. | the purpose use of a tool | 19. | a building; the way something is organized | 20. | how long someone or something lives | 21. | a triangular-shaped sail | 22. | lineage; ancestry; one generation | 24. | an axe-like tool used for trimming and smoothing wood | 25. | a group of people thought to be the lowest class during ancient Chamorro times | 28. | a mental partiality or prejudice | 31. | a verifying or being verified; establishment or confrimation of the truth or accuracy of a fact or theory. | 32. | the rate at which a specified group of people die | 34. | a planned and controlled tactical or strategic movement of troops, warships, aircraft, etc. | 35. | an acute and general shortage of food |
| | Down:2. | an ancient Chamorro leader who helped make important decisions for the village or clan | 3. | a very hard bowwl in which a softer substances are ground or pounded to a powder with a pestle | 4. | changed | 5. | designating or of descent, kinship, of derivation through the mother instead of the father | 8. | a small, football-shaped stone that was thrown from a sling by the ancient Chamorros | 10. | having only one wife or husband at a time | 11. | a very small village | 14. | thought to be the highest calss of people in ancient Chamorro times | 16. | any of a class of arthropods, including shripms, crabs, barnacles, and lobsters, that usually live in the water and breath through gills; they have a hard outer shell and jointed appendages and bodies | 17. | extending at right angles to the plane of the horizon; perpendicular; upright | 18. | a sailing canoe made by ancient Chamorros using a lateen sail and an outrigger. It had the unique characteristic of having either end serve as the front or rear of the canoe | 19. | to stop or check; to dam up a river; to restrain something | 23. | uninterrupted flow, series, or succession; unbroken coherent whole | 26. | a house built on posts, usually made of logs, to raise the house off the ground | 27. | to pass into; to tind or force a way into or through; to enter by piercing | 29. | any of the distinc, hereditary social classe,s each traditionally excluded from socail dealing with the others | 30. | a tool, usually club-shaped, used to pound or grind substances, especially in a mortal | 33. | the front end of a boat |
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