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archaic Indians

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lived in larger groups, change in substinence and lifestyle

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mesoamerica

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extending from Mexico to Belize

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Teotihuacan

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Aztec city in Mexico

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Maya

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mesoamerican civilization developed my Mayan people

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Aztecs

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a Tribe north of modern Mexico

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Incas

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largest pre columbian empire, was located in modern day Peru

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chiefdoms

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forms of societies between tribal and large scale state societies

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Hohokam

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name given by archaeologists to a prehistoric culture

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ancestral pueblo

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prehistoric Native American civilization

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Mississippian civilization

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composed of a series of urban settlements and villages

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Cahokia

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pre columbian Native American city

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Vinland

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land of wild grapes in NA

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kinship

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blood relationship, sharing characteristics or origins

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reciprocity

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exchanging things with others for mutual benefit

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matrilineal societies

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group adhering to a kinship system

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joint stock company

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when different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders

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Protestant reformation

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religious and political upheaval that split the Catholic Church

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counter reformation

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the period of Catholic resurgence beginning with the council of Trent

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Church of England

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influenced by st. alban

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puritans

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group of English reformed Protestants sought to purify the Church of England from Roman Catholic practices

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Henry the navigator

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important figure in Portuguese politics

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treaty of tordesillas

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agreement btwn Spain and Portugal

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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador

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bartholome de las casas

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first resident bishop of Chiapas. Spanish historian

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Cartier

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explored the st Lawrence river

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Paleo Indians

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small bands of nomadic people first populated North America

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