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Unit 1 Vocab
American History 1
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History
12th Grade
08/08/2019

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Nomads
Definition
people who move from place to place
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Hunter-gatherer
Definition
member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food
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Olmec
Definition
mother culture of Mesoamerica
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Maya
Definition
began their rise around 400 BC
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Toltec
Definition
came to dominate central Mexico
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Aztec
Definition
warlike Mexica
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Inca
Definition
rose to power in the Andes mountains of South America
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Pueblo
Definition
towns
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Clans
Definition
groups of people related by blood
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Iroquois
Definition
several Native Americans including:
Mohawks & Oneidas
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Chinampas
Definition
Mesoamerican agriculture
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Division of Labor
Definition
Assignment of different task to different people to get it done faster
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Askia Muhammad
Definition
Askia the great emperor, military commander, songhai empire
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Agricultural Revolution
Definition
Technological improvement, increased crop productivity
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Anasazi
Definition
Member of an ancient North American people, Basket maker period
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Kinship
Definition
blood relationship
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Oral Tradition
Definition
information passed down through the generations by word
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Vikings
Definition
Norse Seafarers, raided and traded across Europe
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Leif Erikson
Definition
Norse Explorer from Iceland, first known to set food on continental North America
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
Widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, tech, diseases, and ideas
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Slash burn technique
Definition
Farming method of cutting and burning forests
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Kwakiutt
Definition
North American Indians who lived in what now is British Columbia
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Shaman
Definition
A belief or practice: influence the good and evil spirits
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Mansa Musa
Definition
Tenth conquer or emperor of the wealthy west African Islamic Mali
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Plantation
Definition
Farm land where things were grown
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Colonization
Definition
A central system of power dominates the surrounding land
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Barter
Definition
Exchanging things without using money
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Islam
Definition
Muslim world; Muhammad
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Longhouse
Definition
Traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians
- large village house
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Matrilineal
Definition
Kinship of mother or female line
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Lineage
Definition
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree
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Tainos
Definition
Principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, DR, Hati, PR
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