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Chapter 1 Grade 7 Flashcards

1
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Thick sheets of ice

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Glaciers

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2
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Is a method to water crops by channeling water from rivers to streams

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Irrigation

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3
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An advanced culture in which people develop cities, science, and industry

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Civilization

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4
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The study of Ancient people and artifacts

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Archeology

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5
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Things left behind by ancient people

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Artifacts

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6
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The Inuit/Eskimos tribe where here and connected Alaska to Berngia land bridge

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Siberia

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7
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A land bridge once to glaciers melted it connected Asia (Siberia) to Alaska (North America)

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Bering Strait

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8
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The amount of carbon a item contains can tell you it’s age within 100 years

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Carbon Dating

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9
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A society ruled by religious leaders

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Theocracy

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10
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Located on the Yucatan Peninsula city built by Mali

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Chichen Itza

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11
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Religious center discovered by Hiram Bing ham in 1911

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Macchu Picchu

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12
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Largest city located in Guatemala it contained 6 pyramids

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Tikal

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13
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Aztecs city capital today known as Mexico City

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Tenochtitlan

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14
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Incas city capital it is located in the Andes Mountains

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Cuzco

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15
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Is a way of life

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Culture

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16
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Inuit/Eskimos used this they were small boats made form skin

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Kayak

17
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Ceremony in which the host showers their guest in gifts

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Potlatch

18
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Sun dried brick

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Adobe

19
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A group of families related to other

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Clan

20
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Iroquois women chose tribal Cheif

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Sachem

21
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Lived in the four corners they built large story homes from Adobe

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Anasazi

22
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Built Great Serpent Mount in Ohio

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Hope we’ll

23
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They were Eskimos they settled near the Artic ocean they built igloos clothes were made from seals

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Inuit

24
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The Muslims leader

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Muhammed

25
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Mali Leader

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Mansa Musa

26
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Science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships

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Navigation

27
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Chinese Explorer made several voyages

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Zheng He

28
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1st empire to develop it included Mali (Western Africa)

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Ghana

29
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A country in Saudi Arabia the Muslims Holy City

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Mecca

30
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Was the capital of the Mali Empires

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Timbukto

31
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Is the belief in one God

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Monotheism

32
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Lived around 1517 he was a Greek monk

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Martin Luther

33
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Navigators who set up a school for sailors in Sagres Southern Portugal he was very religious and wanted to spread Christianity through the world

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Prince Henry

34
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Was a explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the top of Africa and continued onto India in 1498

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Vasco Da Gama

35
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Invented the printing press

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Gutenberg

36
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Was a French priest who also broke away from Catholic Church

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John Calvin

37
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Refused to make a divorce he was the head of the Catholic Church

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Pope Clement VII

38
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England king who wanted to end his marriage

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Henry VIII

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