Flashcards in history chpt. one vocab Deck (27):
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Scientists rely on ....... To determine how old objects are.
Radiocarbon dating
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A 100,000 years ago the Earth began to cool gradually, entering what scientists called a period of glaciation
Ice ages
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Huge ice sheets
Glaciers
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People who continually moved from place to place
Nomads
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9,000-10,000 years ago when early Americans learned how to plant and raise crops
Agricultural Revolution
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Known as corn today
Maize
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A highly organized society marked by trade, government, the arts, science, and often a written language
Civilization
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Volcanic glass
Obsidian
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An Anasazi made circular ceremonial room
Kivas
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Large housing structures; multi-story with Adobe cut stone and long passageways; built for the Anasazi
Pueblos
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The pueblo people thought a ...... Was a good spirit
Kachina
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Cut down parts of the forest and then burn the cleared land so that the ashes would enrich the soil and make it more fertile
Slash-and-burn agriculture
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Large rectangular houses with barrel shaped roofs covered in bark
Long houses
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Conical or dome shaped and were made using bent poles covered with hides or bark
Wigwams
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Extended families; Iroquoian peoples lived in these
Kinship groups
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Regions of scrub forest and a kind of rolling grassland at the edges of the Sahara
Savannah
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Muslim places of worship
Mosques
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People who trace their lineage or descent through their mother rather than their fathers
Matrilineal
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A new political system in Western Europe; a king would give estates to nobles in exchange for loyalty and military support
Feudalism
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The economic ties between nobles and peasants; in return for protection, peasants provided various services for the Lord
Manorialism
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People who were bound to the manor and could not leave without permission
Serfs
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In intellectual revolution; it means "rebirth"; Europeans rediscovered the works of Greek and Roman philosophers, geographers, and mathematicians
Renaissance
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A device invented by the ancient Greeks and refined by Arab navigators; it uses the position of the sun to determine the direction, latitude, and local time
Astrolabe
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A small vessel capable of carrying about 130 tons of cargo
Caravel
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An imaginary north-to-south line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
The line of Demarcation
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Sail around the globe
Circumnavigate
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