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| having no fixed home, moving from place to place according to seasons and availability of food and water |
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| Native American people that formerly inhabited the costal marshlands of what is now California |
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| a Native American people that formerly inhabited the northwestern costal region of North America |
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| a group of Native American peoples-decendents of the Anasazi-inhabiting the deserts of the southwest |
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| a group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast |
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| the ties between the members of a family |
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| the assignment of different tasks and responsibilities to different groups of individuals |
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| a religion founded in Arabia by the prophet Muhammad; its believers are called Muslim |
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| a large farm on which the labor of slaves or other workers is used to grow a single crop, such as sugar cane or cotton |
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| an empire that, at the height of its power in the 1500s, controlled much of West Africa |
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| a dry grassland dotted with trees and bushes found in sub saharan Africa and other tropical or subtropical regions |
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| a West African kingdom that flourished in the Niger Delta region (in what is now Nigeria) from the 14th to the 17thcentury |
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| a group of small kingdoms along the Zaire River in West-Central Africa, united under a single leader in the late 1400s |
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| a group of people descended from a common ancestor |
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| a period of European history lasiting from 1400-1600 when renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world |
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| a social ordering by rank or class |
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| a household made up of a mother, a father, and their children |
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| a series of Christian military expeditions to the Middle east between AD 1096 and 1270, intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land |
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| a religious movement in the 16th century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various Protestant churches |
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| a series of Christian military expeditions to the Middle east between AD 1096 and 1270, intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land |
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| a religious movement in the 16th century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various Protestant churches |
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| a Native American people of the Caribbean islands- the first group encountered by Columbus and his men when the reached the Americas |
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| the establishment of outlying settlements by a parent country |
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| the transfer beginning with Columbus' first voyage- of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere |
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| the 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere between them |
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| "Henry the Navigator" of Portugal. He sent explorers to the West Coast of Africa. Had a passion for exploration |
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| explored for Spain. In 1942, he set in motion a process that brought together the American, Europe, and African worlds (did not find route to Asia) |
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