Module 1

Question 1

Society

Answer 1

People buildings religion language government culture-clothing

Definition of society: a large group of people who have a specific way to live.

Question 2

Bering Land Bridge

Answer 2

When the sea level fell, a land bridge between northeastern Asia and present-day Alaska was exposed

Question 3

Paleo-Indians

Answer 3

Crossed the bridge into Alaska between 38,000 and 10,000 BC.

Question 4

Migration

Answer 4

The movement of people or animals from one region to the other-took place over a long time

Question 5

Hunter-gathers

Answer 5

People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food

Question 6

Environments

Answer 6

Climates and landscapes that surround living things

Question 7

Culture

Answer 7

A group’s set of common values and traditions, including the language, government, and family relationships

Question 8

Totem poles

Answer 8

ancestor or animal spirits—on tall, wooden poles.

Question 9

Teepeees

Answer 9

Cone shaped shelters

Question 10

Matrilineal

Answer 10

means that people traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers

Question 11

Iroquois league

Answer 11

Five Iroquois nations—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca—formed a political alliance

Question 12

Pueblos

Answer 12

Above ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by native Americans of the southwestern United States.

Question 13

Kivas

Answer 13

Underground ceremonial at the center of Anasazi communities.

Question 14

Berbers

Answer 14

group of people from northern Africa, controlled these routes.

Question 15

Mansa Musa

Answer 15

Mali’s most famous ruler, however, was a Muslim king

Question 16

Hajj

Answer 16

pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 17

Mosques

Answer 17

Buildings through Muslim prayer, throughout his lands.

Question 18

Askia the Great

Answer 18

One of Songhai’s greatest rulers was Muhammad Ture, who chose the title askia, a title of military rank.

Question 19

Leif Eriksson

Answer 19

THE SON OF ERIK THE RED, WAS ALSO AN ADVENTURER.

Question 20

Henry the Navigator

Answer 20

Was responsible for advances that would make exploration more successful.

Question 21

Astrolabe

Answer 21

A device that enabled navigators to learn their ship’s location by charting the position of the stars.

Question 22

Caravels

Answer 22

Ships that used triangular sails that unlike traditional square sails, has rudders on back of ship, smaller and lighter ship.

Question 23

Christopher Columbus

Answer 23

C

Question 24

Line of demarcation

Answer 24

L

Question 25

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 25

T

Question 26

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 26

F

Question 27

Circumnavigate

Answer 27

C

Question 28

Colombian Exchange

Answer 28

C

Question 29

Conquistadors

Answer 29

C

Question 30

Hernan Cortes

Answer 30

H

Question 31

Moctezuma II

Answer 31

M

Question 32

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 32

F

Question 33

Encomienda system

Answer 33

E

Question 34

Plantations

Answer 34

P

Question 35

Bartolome’ de las casas

Answer 35

B