Chapter 1 Grade 7 Flashcards
Thick sheets of ice
Glaciers
Is a method to water crops by channeling water from rivers to streams
Irrigation
An advanced culture in which people develop cities, science, and industry
Civilization
The study of Ancient people and artifacts
Archeology
Things left behind by ancient people
Artifacts
The Inuit/Eskimos tribe where here and connected Alaska to Berngia land bridge
Siberia
A land bridge once to glaciers melted it connected Asia (Siberia) to Alaska (North America)
Bering Strait
The amount of carbon a item contains can tell you it’s age within 100 years
Carbon Dating
A society ruled by religious leaders
Theocracy
Located on the Yucatan Peninsula city built by Mali
Chichen Itza
Religious center discovered by Hiram Bing ham in 1911
Macchu Picchu
Largest city located in Guatemala it contained 6 pyramids
Tikal
Aztecs city capital today known as Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Incas city capital it is located in the Andes Mountains
Cuzco
Is a way of life
Culture
Inuit/Eskimos used this they were small boats made form skin
Kayak
Ceremony in which the host showers their guest in gifts
Potlatch
Sun dried brick
Adobe
A group of families related to other
Clan
Iroquois women chose tribal Cheif
Sachem
Lived in the four corners they built large story homes from Adobe
Anasazi
Built Great Serpent Mount in Ohio
Hope we’ll
They were Eskimos they settled near the Artic ocean they built igloos clothes were made from seals
Inuit
The Muslims leader
Muhammed
Mali Leader
Mansa Musa
Science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships
Navigation
Chinese Explorer made several voyages
Zheng He
1st empire to develop it included Mali (Western Africa)
Ghana
A country in Saudi Arabia the Muslims Holy City
Mecca
Was the capital of the Mali Empires
Timbukto
Is the belief in one God
Monotheism
Lived around 1517 he was a Greek monk
Martin Luther
Navigators who set up a school for sailors in Sagres Southern Portugal he was very religious and wanted to spread Christianity through the world
Prince Henry
Was a explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the top of Africa and continued onto India in 1498
Vasco Da Gama
Invented the printing press
Gutenberg
Was a French priest who also broke away from Catholic Church
John Calvin
Refused to make a divorce he was the head of the Catholic Church
Pope Clement VII
England king who wanted to end his marriage
Henry VIII
