Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Archaic societies
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- prospered from 8000-1500BC
- diets vary by region
- used weapons and utensils
- gender roles
- had religion and government
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Paleo Indians
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- crossed land bridge
- were hunter gatherers
- existence recorded by archeology
- settled due to climate change
- engaged in some trade; seashells were currency
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Early societies
Southwestern America
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- Hohokam -irrigation
- Anasazi-confed. govt (like NATO)
- pueblo-architecture
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Early societies
Ohio valley/east of Mississippi River
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- Adena-mound building
- Hopewell-spread of Adena culture out of Ohio Valley
- Mississippian-Hopewell and Mexican
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Cahokia
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25,000 people in a city
Mississippian
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Characteristics of early Americans
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- kinship bonds
- distinct gender roles
- community child rearing
- community property
- spirituality in nature
- reciprocity
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African cultures
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-Nubia 6000BC -forerunner to Europe
~extensive trade
-west African kingdoms-trade gold for salt
~Ghana 1,000 BC
~Mali 1,300 BC
~Songhai 1400 BC
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African cultures characteristics
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- traded with Europe so built up immunity to diseases
- Sahara was a barrier to contact
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Timbuktu
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First university
On Africa
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African cultures
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- tribes
- extensive trade networks
- spirituality in nature
- kinship land rights
- Islam was prevalent
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Rome falls
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476 AD
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Middle Ages
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- characterized by absence of law and order in Europe
- 1000 years of Dark Ages
- medieval Europe
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Europe emerges
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- crusades-opened up trading routes
- Marco polo-wrote book about china
- Renaissance
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Renaissance
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- reconquista-reconquering of Iberian peninsula
- euro populations and cities grow
- convert to capitalism
- nuclear family
- Christian
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New inventions
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- Arab sail
- caravel
- compass and astrolabe
- printing press-maps
