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Ch. 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Kachinas

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Impersonations of the ancestral by Southwest Indians.

Example sentence: The Hopi tribe performs Kachina dances during ceremonies.

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Cahokia

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One of the largest urban centers created by Mississippian peoples, containing 30,000 residents in 1250.

Additional information: Cahokia is located in present-day Illinois.

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Aztecs

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A warrior people who dominated the Valley of Mexico from 1100-1521. They built a mighty empire by conquering neighboring cities.

Example sentence: The Aztecs worshipped many gods, including Huitzilopochtli.

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Transoceanic migrations

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A population migration across an ocean.

Additional information: Transoceanic migrations played a significant role in the spread of human populations.

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Beringia

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A subcontinent bridging Asia and North America, named after the Bering Straits.

Example sentence: Beringia served as a land bridge for early human migrations.

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Athapascan

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A people that began to settle the forests in northwestern area of North America around 5000 B.C.E.

Additional information: Athapascan tribes are known for their diverse languages and cultures.

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Clovis tradition

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A powerful new and sophisticated style of tool making, unlike anything found in the Old World.

Example sentence: Clovis points are distinctive stone tools associated with this tradition.

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Pleistocene overkill

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Intensified hunting efforts brought on in response to lowered reproduction and survival rates of large animals.

Additional information: Pleistocene overkill is a controversial theory regarding prehistoric extinctions.

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Archaic period

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The period roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago marked by the retreat of glaciers.

Additional information: The Archaic period saw significant cultural developments in North America.

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Mesoamerica

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The region stretching from central Mexico to Central America.

Example sentence: Mesoamerica is known for its ancient civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs.

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Clans

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Groups of allied families.

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Rancherias

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Dispersed settlements of Indian farmers in the Southwest.

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Olmec

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Sculpted imposing monuments, including 8-foot-high stone heads.

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Mayan

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Possessed talent for engineering and mathematics. Also, developed complex and accurate calendars.

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Hohokam

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Built irrigation canals to bring water to their crops.

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Anasazi

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Constructed multi-story buildings of adobe and stone.

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Hopewell

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Culture whose settlements featured huge geometric earthworks.

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Iroquoians

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Practiced slash-and-burn agriculture.

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Mississippian people

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Built Cahokia, one of the largest early American cities.

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Leif Ericsson

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Found a water route to Asia around the tip of Africa.

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Vikings

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Norse people.

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Vasco de Balboa

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Became the first European known to gaze upon the Pacific Ocean.

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Francisco Pizarro

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Conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.

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Caravels

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Portuguese ships.

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Astrolabe

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Device used to determine direction, latitude, and time.

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Five Themes of Geography

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Place, Location, Region, Movement, Human Environmental Interaction

Defined themes in geography

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Claudius Ptolemy

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drew maps of a round world, complete with lines of latitude and longitude

Cartographer and geographer

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Ferdinand Magellan

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gave the Pacific Ocean its name after reaching it by sailing around the tip of South America

Explorer and navigator

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Manorialism

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economic system in which peasants serve a feudal lord

Feudal economic structure

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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

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clearing land to make it fertile by burning forests

Agricultural practice

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Anthropology

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the study of human societies & their development

Study of human societies

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Ecology

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the study of relationships between living organisms, including humans & their environment

Study of living organisms and their environment

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