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08/31/2008

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primary source
Definition

item created my someone in the past.

mostly rely on written sources ex: gettysburg address, newspapers, non written- architecture, clothing

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secondary source
Definition

created using primary source, was not at the event

ex: textbook,

no secondary source can fully tell whole story, moment has passed, 2ndary source captures motion of event.

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atlantic world
Definition
place b4 continents that border atlantic ocean (n/s america, africa, europe) but also interaction of people in that place. Exchange of people, goods, and ideas across cultural and geo borders. Proves cultural diversity in early america.
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anasazi
Definition

chaco canyon-15,000ppl

center of long distance trade

present day new mexico

*developed irrigation*

 

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aztec
Definition

capital is tenochtitlan

250,000 ppl

daily human sacrifice is necessary to bring out sun

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mourning warfare
Definition
ppl attack to revenge their dead
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Agricultural revolutions
Definition

-transformed hunter and gatherers into settled agriculturians

-in american southwest first

*cultivation of maze, squash, beans*

-allowed them to establish permamnent settlements

-more pop. contruction of buildings

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Islam in West Africa

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-came 4rm across the sahara

-important impact on education, literacy, politics, cities, political leadership

-sparked trade with african and arabs

 

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Marco Polo
Definition

-1271-1295

-Venetian explorer set out on silk road btw europe and asia=land route

-wanted to find a better route without muslim middle men getting profit they did not deserve

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