Chapter 1 Flashcards
Domestication
Breeding plants and taming animals to meet human needs.
Culture
A way of life that people share.
Civilizations
A complex culture that has:
1) specialized jobs
2. ) government and religion
3. ) record keeping
4. ) cities are center if trade
5. ) advanced tools
Slash and burn agriculture
Cutting down trees and burning them to create farming space.
Hohokam
Used canals in Arizona to irrigate crops.
Environment
Shaped groups’ way of life
Hohokam
In Arizona, they built canals to irrigate crops.
Mound builders
Mississippi, built mud huts
Aleut and Inuit
In Alaska, hunters
Aztecs
Swampy ground, irrigation system
Ghana
First West African kingdom to become rich from trade.
Traded salt for gold
Taxed by king to pay for army and empire.
Allah, pray 5 tunes daily, Mecca
Mali
Wealth from salt for gold
1312=one of largest empires in world
Mansa Musa
Mali emperor who spread Islamic culture
