Chapter 1 Early Peoples Flashcards
Anasazi
An early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest
Aztec
Tenochtitlan; ruled most of present-day Mexico; pyramids; wandering warriors; chinampas
Beringia
land bridge that connected Asia and North America
Hopewell
peoples of the Ohio River Valley that built elaborate mounds
Hopi
Native American group that the Navajo took matrilineal and corn cultivation
Inca
Group of Native Americans that lived in the Andes mountains
Inuit
a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska
Iroquois League
an alliance between the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
Matrilineal
term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother
Mayans
Ancient civilization located in Yucatan Peninsula and present day Guatemala
Migration
Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.
Natural Resource
something found in nature that is useful to humans
Paleo-Indians
people believed to have crossed the bering land bridge
Pueblos
Villages of large apartment style compounds made of stone or clay, Anasazi lived there.
Amerigo Vespucci
The Italian sailor and map maker who corrected Columbus’s mistake, acknowledging the coasts of America as a new world. America is named after him
Astrolabe
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location of latitude by observing the position of the stars and planets
Leif Ericson
The Viking explorer believed to be the first European to reach the New World (in about 1000 AD). Landed in Newfoundland which was called Vinland.
Christopher Columbus
He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.
compass
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Conquistador
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Algonquian
A native group or nation in the northeast that included the Lenape, Montauk, Machican, and Adirondack. They speak the Algonquian language.
Clovis People
The earliest known people to inhabit the Americas.
Triangular Trade
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
Colombian Exchange
An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Middle Passage
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
Pueblo
a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
longhouse
a home shared by several related Iroquois families
Wampum
Belts or strings of polished seashells that were used for trading gift-giving and currency by Iroquois & other Native Americans
