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U.S. & Virginia History
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History
12th Grade
08/20/2018

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Term
Nomadic
Definition
Moving from place to place in search of food and water.
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Olmec
Definition
People who created a thriving civilization in the rain forest along the Gulf of Mexico.
Term
Mayan
Definition
Built a dynamic culture in Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Term
Aztec
Definition
Valley of Mexico in the 1200s
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Iroquois
Definition
Eastern Woodlands
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Islam
Definition
Founded in Arabia in 622 by the Prophet Muhammad and spread across Africa and Middle East
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Songhai
Definition
Gained power and wealth by controlling the trans-Sahara trade
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Renaissance
Definition
A period when Europeans began investigating all aspects of the physical world.
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Crusades
Definition
Series of military expeditions in the Middle East in the name of Christianity.
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Reformation
Definition
Movement that divided Christianity in western Europe between Catholics and Protestants.
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