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who were the first people to arrive in the americas

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the vikings

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what are North America and Asia separated by

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Bering Strait; a waterway off Alaska’s west coast

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how is the environment different throughout the north american regions

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west coast is hot with surf- swept beached

the hot windy plains of the midwest and canada, and the rocky new england coast

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who were the two northern peoples who lived on the coastal edges of north america

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the inuit and aleut

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what were the inuit and aleut skilled at

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hunting on ice and snow, on shores and plains, in mild summers and bitter winters

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nomadic

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people who moved their homes regularly in search of food

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what did nomadic people do for food

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they hunted, fished, and gathered food I’m huge forests and along the shores of lakes and waterways of what is today canada and alaska

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kingship

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family relationships

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clan

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is made up of groups or families who are all descended from a common ancestor

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what did native americans think about religion

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they shared the belief that the most powerful forces in the world are spiritual

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what did native americans believe would happen if they didn’t follow the rituals

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they believed that failure to perform these rituals caused disasters such as bad invasions, disease, or bad harvests

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what did native americans rely on to keep their beliefs and customs alive

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or history

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oral history

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the traditions passed from generation to generation by word of mouth

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what did all native american groups do about trade

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traded food or good within their group and outside it. they reader not only for items they needed or waned but also to show hospitality and friendliness

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15
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where were the native american trading routes

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criss crossed north america

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16
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barter

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trade

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17
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what was one thing that native americans never traded

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land

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why did the native americans never trade land

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in their view, the land could not be owned. They thought that people had a right to use land and could grant others the right to us it to

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how did the native americans make it to the americas

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probably by following some buffalo or food source that led them to it

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what were the major nations in western europe

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great britain, spain, france, germany, portugual

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what countries had contact with native americans

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great britain, spain, france, portugual

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when were the middle ages

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500-1300 A.d

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what does C.E mean

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common era

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what were the middle age invasions

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franks
anglo saxons
germanic tribes
vikings

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what was the economic system in in the middle ages
feudalism
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what were the rankings in feudalism
lord nobles vassals serfs
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who was the ultimate ruler of the manor
the church
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lords
self- sufficient | gave lands to nobles
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vasasls
protected the nobles and lords
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serfs
bound to the land no rights could not own anything basically slaves
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who created the protestant church
martin luther
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what year did martin Luther create the protestant church
1517
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what was martin luther creating that religion called
reformation
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what was trade sparked by
the crusades
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which explorer went over to china
marco polo
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what was eventually developed into cities
trading routes
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what lead to happen after marco polo exploration
cities rise of monarchies rise of universities black death
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cities
developed middle class revived the economy feudalism started to decline
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rise of monarchs
were times when t they would fight; french and norman invasions
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rise of universities
those who would attend would be nobilities sons, clergy members
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black death
began in asia | was carried over by rats who were infected by fleas and other insects. The rats then gave them to the people
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what does renaissance mean
rebirth
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when was the renaissance
1300-15--
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what did the renaissance bring to europe
unity and order
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where did the renaissance begin
italy
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patrons
someone who paid for things to be done
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when were the golden ages of the renaissance
1400-1500
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why was the golden age called that
was the best time to work | a lot of different art forms were developed during that time
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what famous painting of Mary was painted
the pieta
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what did the pieta show
the suffering of Mary
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what is humanism
the showing of human emotion
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what was one thing invented during the renaissance
the printing press
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what did the printing press do
things that were written could be typed | made things a lot easier to write
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which king wanted an annulment
king henry the 8th
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why did that king want an annulment
his wife was not providing him with a son
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who was the first country to go explore
portugual
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what things were created in the exploration school
sextant and astrolabe
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when was slavery introduced
1619
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where did slavery enter the united states
jamestown
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when was the benins created
1200's
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what did the benins have a lot of
gold
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what did the gold make them
very powerful
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what did the benin trade the gold for
salt
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why was salt important
it could preserve food
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what was benin surrounded by
deep motes
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what was benin ruled by
oba
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how long was the mote
three miles long
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what did the benin's produce
palm oil, ivory, and lumber
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what decorated the city in benin
bronze plaques
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what did the bronze plaques portray
showed their history,
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who did the bronze plaques portray
portuguese people
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what were houses made out of in benin
made od mud and palm leaves
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what was the capital of benin
benin
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who did the benins have a relationship with
the Portuguese
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when did songhai happen
1492-1586
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where was the sonhai located
located between the coastal rainforest and dry sahara
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what was the sonhai
a muslim empire
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who made monhai into a muslim empire
askia muhammad
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what was the capital of sonhai
Timbuktu
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did the songhai's partake in trade
yes it was very important to them
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what did the Songhai trade
gold and ivory
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what did the Songhai support
peace and education
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how many schools did Songhai have
150
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how would people get slave
would capture them and bring them over on ships and would auction them off
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could someone be born into slavery
no they could not
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what were the name of ships during the time
caravels
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what did people put on the sales of the caravels
the emblem of the cross
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what way did the portuguese go to find the indies
east
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what way did Columbus go
west
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what were the names of the ships that Columbus had
santa maria, pinta, nina
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what did Columbus underestimate? what happened because of this
the size of the world. this made the voyage become longer so people began to worry and they were at a shortage of supplies
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where did Columbus think he was
the indies
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where really was Colmbus
bahamas
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what happened when Colmbus came home
king ferdinad and and queen isabella noticed him and game him power
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what happened with columbus power
it was revoked because he was to mean
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what didn't Colmbbus know when he died
that he never really explored the indies

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