History 101 Flashcards
(142 cards)
What is the definition of toleration
This allows religious freedom
What is the definition of history?
The study of the recordith past
what happened in 1898?
The USA bought the philliphines
What is the definition of culture
a way of life for a group of people
Civilization is a type of culture based on 3 simple ingredients
1- has to be citys/urbanization
2- has to have literacy
3- has to have specilization of labor
How many languages were present at the time of columbus
2000
What does the current evidence of day say about how long people have lived in the americas?
40,000 years and constantly changing
The people came to the americas through the
The Straight of Beringia
what was the population of the native people by the time of columbus
54 million
What was the name of the group of people who came to the americas by sea?
euro-paleo people
what was the culture of the paleo people
hunting and gathering
What is essentially meso-america?
central america
Which group discovered farming?
Aztecs
People was specific to what skills they had but would share there food and clothes
specilized labor
This is a sphere throwing tool that allows more people to hunt regardelss of strength
the atlatl
This was a easy way to make pottery and allowed efficent farming
Coiled Pottery
This is a cave that is located in Jackson Country that was created 8 to 9 thousands years ago
Russell Cave
where did Neanderthals start from
Neanderthal valley of germany
is a common name that has been used to describe the first early modern humans of the European Upper Paleolithic.
Cro-Magnum
the oldest cro-magnum person of the ice frozen alp of italy
Otzi
Was otzi discovered with all his clothes on and killed
Yes
What is one of the oldest tribes east of the mississppi
Cahokia
What time was the Cahokia vanished
1100 AD
the oldest native american settlement in alabama
Moundville, Alabama