Chapter 1: Three Worlds Meet

Question 0

Characteristics of Olmec:

Answer 0

• known for massive sculptures
• Rain Forest
• Gulf of Mexico coast
• 1200 to 400 B.C.

Question 1

How did agriculture bring on complex societies?

Answer 1

Allowed people to be less nomadic and build homes

Question 2

Characteristics of Maya:

Answer 2

• Guatemala and Yucatán Peninsula
• created calendars
• studied astronomy
• A.D. 250 and 900

Question 3

Characteristics of Aztec:

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• Valley of Mexico
• Tenochtitlan- capital
• beautiful city and centralized government
• A.D. 1200 and 1500

Question 4

Characteristics of Inca:

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• South America
• large, magnificent empire
• mountains in West Coast
• about A.D. 1200

Question 5

Characteristics of Hohokam and Anasazi:

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• introduced crops into dessert
• Hohokam- valleys of Salt and Gila rivers (Central Arizona)
• Anasazi-mesa tops, cliff sides, canyon bottoms Four Corners Region
• 300 B.C. to A.D. 400

Question 6

Characteristics of Adena:

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• Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
• good at trading
• finely crafted objects
• 500 B.C. and A.D. 400

Question 7

Characteristics of Hopewell:

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• Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
• good at trading
• finely crafted objects
• 500 B.C. and A.D. 400

Question 8

Characteristics of Mississippian:

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• Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
• good at trading
• made huge pyramid mounds
• A.D. 600 and 1575

Question 9

Definition of Kinship:

Answer 9

Strong ties among family members

Question 10

Definition of Division of Labor:

Answer 10

The assignment of tasks according to gender, age, or status

Question 11

What did Native Americans believe about land use?

Answer 11

Land was a source of life, NOT to be sold

Question 12

What were Native Americans feel towards Europeans claiming land?

Answer 12

Opposite belief- they believed in private ownership

Question 13

Societies living in California:

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• Kashaya Pomo
• lush Rain Forest, Desert, long coast
• easily adapt to different climate
• created weapons

Question 14

Societies living in Northwest Coast:

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• Kwakiutl, Nootka, Haida
• collected shellfish and hunted for whales, sea otters, and seals
• very spiritual
• totem poles and ceremonies

Question 15

Societies that live in the Southwest:

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• Pueblo and Hopi
• lived near Rio Grande for irrigation
• Hopi and Acoma stood near cliffs (didn’t move to water) they had systems for irrigation
• they all farmed

Question 16

Societies that lived in Eastern Woodlands:

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• Iroquois
• great forests
• villages
• people farmed, hunted, and gathered
• traveled by foot or canoe
• had tools

Question 17

Characteristics of Songhai:

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• largest West African empire
• large armies to get more land
• controlled trade across the Sahara
• lots of money

Question 18

Characteristics of Benin:

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•large area around Niger Delta
•created sculptures and plaques
•carried goods or paddled down rivers
*many forests

Question 19

Characteristics of the Kongo:

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• series of small kingdoms
• “Manikongo” is in charge, estimated empire over 4 million people
• royal marriage, taxes, war, and tribute

Question 20

Why were the crusades fought?

Answer 20

To drive out Muslims on Christian land

Question 21

What was the reformation?

Answer 21

A movement that divided Christianity between Catholic and Protestant

Question 22

How did the Renaissance ideas encourage European explorers?

Answer 22

• To believe in human capabilities

* prompted many to seek glory through adventure, discovery, and conquest

Question 23

What was Colombian Exchange?

Answer 23

Global transfer of living things

Question 24

How did colonization lead to transatlantic slave trade?

Answer 24

Europeans realized the benefits of plantations and forced labor