Chapter 1 Test Flashcards
(38 cards)
Thick pieces of ice
Glacier
Method used to water crops, canning water from river and streams
Irrigation
Is an advanced culture in which people devolved cities, science, industries
Civilization
The study of people and artifacts
Arteology
Things left behind by ancient people
Artifacts
Asia migrated to America over a land bridge
Bering strait
Is an item that can tell the age over 100 years
Carbon dating
A society ruled by religious leader
Theocracy
Northern Asia, Berlin gia land bridge, connected to Alaska
Siberia
Located on the Yucatán peninsula, built by the Maya’s
Chichen itza
Discovered by hiram bringham, religious leader
Macchu Picchu
Largest city in Guatemala
Tikal
Know as mexico city
Tenotchtitilan
In andes mountains, capital of the incas
Cuzco
A way of life
Culture
They where small boats made of skins, the artic Indians
Kayaks
A ceremony where the host showers the guest in gifts
Potlatch
Sun dried brick
Adobe
Is a tribe, related to each other
Clan
There where 50 of them, chosen by women
Sachem
They lived in the 4 corners, used adobe
Anasazi
They didn’t live near the ocean, descendent of Aztecs
Hopewell
They lived in the arctic/ subarctic
Inuit
Is the leader of the Mali, leader of the Muslims
Muhammad