Module 1 Flashcards
Society
People buildings religion language government culture-clothing
Definition of society: a large group of people who have a specific way to live.
Bering Land Bridge
When the sea level fell, a land bridge between northeastern Asia and present-day Alaska was exposed
Paleo-Indians
Crossed the bridge into Alaska between 38,000 and 10,000 BC.
Migration
The movement of people or animals from one region to the other-took place over a long time
Hunter-gathers
People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food
Environments
Climates and landscapes that surround living things
Culture
A group’s set of common values and traditions, including the language, government, and family relationships
Totem poles
ancestor or animal spirits—on tall, wooden poles.
Teepeees
Cone shaped shelters
Matrilineal
means that people traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers
Iroquois league
Five Iroquois nations—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca—formed a political alliance
Pueblos
Above ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by native Americans of the southwestern United States.
Kivas
Underground ceremonial at the center of Anasazi communities.
Berbers
group of people from northern Africa, controlled these routes.
Mansa Musa
Mali’s most famous ruler, however, was a Muslim king
Hajj
pilgrimage to Mecca
Mosques
Buildings through Muslim prayer, throughout his lands.
Askia the Great
One of Songhai’s greatest rulers was Muhammad Ture, who chose the title askia, a title of military rank.
Leif Eriksson
THE SON OF ERIK THE RED, WAS ALSO AN ADVENTURER.
Henry the Navigator
Was responsible for advances that would make exploration more successful.
Astrolabe
A device that enabled navigators to learn their ship’s location by charting the position of the stars.
Caravels
Ships that used triangular sails that unlike traditional square sails, has rudders on back of ship, smaller and lighter ship.
Christopher Columbus
C
Line of demarcation
L
Treaty of Tordesillas
T
Ferdinand Magellan
F
Circumnavigate
C
Colombian Exchange
C
Conquistadors
C
Hernan Cortes
H
Moctezuma II
M
Francisco Pizarro
F
Encomienda system
E
Plantations
P
Bartolome’ de las casas
B
