Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
(32 cards)
Who are the Maya
People who created a civilization in Guatemala and the Yukatan Peninsula about 250 to 900 ad
Who are the Olmec
People who created of civilization on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico around 1200 BC
Who are the Aztec
People who build an empire in Mexico beginning in the 1200s
Who are the Inca
People who build an empire along the west coast of South America beginning in the 1400s
Who are the Hohokam
Native Americans who lived in the southwest from about 300 BC to 1300 A.D.
Who are the Anasazi?
Native Americans who lived in the south west for about ad 300 to 1300
Who are the Adena and Hopewell
Mound building people who lived in the Ohio River Valley
Who are the Mississippians?
Mound building people who lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys
Who are the Kashya Pomo?
native American group that lives in what is now California
Who is Kwakiutl?
Native American group that lived in the north west coast
Who is the pueblo
Native American group in the southwest
Who is the Iroquois
Native American group in the eastern North America
Kinship
The ties between members of the family
Division of labor
The assignment of different jobs to different individuals
Islam
Religion founded by the prophet Mohammed in 1600s
Plantation
A huge farm on which sleeves or other workers grow a single crop
Songhi
Large African kingdom known for treating
Savanna
A grassy dryland with trees and bushes
Benin
African kingdom around the Nigeria river known for metalworking
Kongo
Small kingdoms on the lower Congo River united under one ruler
Lineage
Dissent from common ancestor
Renaissance
When Europeans began investigating all aspects of the physical world
Hierarchy
Social ordering by rank or class
Nuclear family
Household made up of a mother a father and the children immediate family
