A glossary: Culture, heritage and identity
- A
- Account: A record or description of past events.
- Archaeology: The study of pre-historic people and their culture.
- B
- Banished: Forced to leave a place as a punishment.
- C
- Colonialist: Someone who believes in colonialism, which is the use of a weaker country's resources by a stronger country to make itself stronger.
- Coral reefs: A ridge close to surface of the sea that is made up of the skeletons of small sea creatures.
- Custom: An activity or action that has been established for a long time.
- D
- Democracy: A political system where the citizens of a country choose their representatives by voting.
- E
- Ecosystem: A group of different elements or organisms that make up a community that interact with their environment.
- Endangered: In danger of being extinct.
- E
- Epic poems: Long, storylike poems about a person or events.
- Excavated: Opened up by digging.
- Exiled: Forced to leave a place as punishment.
- F
- Fossil: The remains or impression of a plant or animal that has been excavated from the ground.
- G
- Generation: All people who are roughly the same ages or who are living at the same time.
- H
- Hectare: An area of 10 000 square meters.
- Hominid: Humans and human-like creatures.
- I
- Iron-age: A period after the bronze-age where iron tools and weapons were used.
- L
- Lepers: People who have leprosy, which is an infectious disease that affects the nerves.
- Lime: A chemical substance that burns flesh. It is obtained from heating limestone.
- Lush: When something is present in great amounts.
- M
- Marsh: A wet area between land and water with grassy plants.
- Microfauna: Very small animals.
- O
- Oppression: Being kept down by unfair use of authority or force or leaving a place willingly because of disagreement.
- P
- Practice: Something that is done regularly or as a habit.
- Pre-historic: Something that existed before history was recorded.
- Prospector: Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits.
- R
- Reciting: Give a verbal repetition of a poem that has been memorised.
- S
- Stone-age: The earliest known period of human culture. It is calledthe stone-age because these people used stone tools.
- T
- Tradition: Customs and beliefs that are handed down from generation to generation.
- U
- Unesco: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
