Chapter 1 Social Studies Flashcards
Movement of people or animals from one region to another
MIGRATION
The climate and landscape that surround living things
ENVIRONMENT
The ____ _____ crossed the Bering Land Bridge into Alaska between 38,000 and 10,000 BC
PALEO INDIANS
A group’s set common values and traditions is called
CULTURE
Paleo-Indians were ____ -______ who lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants
HUNTER-GATHERERS
A strip of solid land believed to have once connected Asia and present day Alaska is called the
BERING - LAND BRIDGE
Aboveground houses made of heavy clay called adobe
PUEBLOS
The Anasazi built underground ceremonial burial chambers called
KIVAS
Native Americans living in the Pacific Northwest carved ______ on tall, wooden poles
TOTEMS
The cone-shaped shelter that was used by Native Americans is called a
T-P
Five Iroquois nations formed a political alliance called
IROQUOIS LEAGUE
A group of people from Northern Africa who controlled the trade routes were called
BERBERS
Mali’s most famous ruler and a Muslim king
MANSA MUSA
The pilgrimage to Mecca was called…
HAJJ
Buildings for Muslim prayer
MOSQUES
One of Sonhai’s greatest rulers was Muhammed Ture became known as
ASKIA THE GREAT
The 3 greatest Greek thinkers and philosophers
PLATO, SOCRATES AND ARISTOTLE
Aristotle taught that people should live their lives based on
REASON
Form of government in which people rule themselves
DEMOCRACY
Warriors who fought on horseback were known as
KNIGHTS
A disease that was caused by rates infected with the plague was known as the
BLACK DEATH
The two greatest Renaissance artists were
MICHELANGELO AND LEONARDO DIVINCI
Developed a printing press that used moveable type
JOHANNES GUTENBURG
Businesses in which a group of people invest together is called
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
