The Earliest Americans
The study of the unwritten past is known as
archaeology
Because the Arctic region has long, cold winters and short summers, the groups that lived there relied on what for transportation?
dogsleds and kayaks
The large estates owned by monarchs and nobles during the Middle Ages were known as
Manors
A religion founded by Mohammad is called
Islam
The images of ancestor or animal spirts carved on tall poles by Native Americans in the Northwest were called
Totems
The climates, land, and organisms that surround living things is called
environments
Native Americans who lived along the Pacific coast had a rich supply of what to eat?
Sea Life
What technological development helped the Vikings establish trade networks, explore the North Atlantic, and set out on raids?
a unique style of ship with both ends curving identically upward
The series of five wars which took place between 1096 and 1221 for possession of the Holy Land are called the
Crusades
Since the Olmec society developed near a fertile river basin, what role did geography play in the founding of the Olmec civilization?
They lived in a fertile river basin that was perfect for growing food.
The symbols that represent ideas in early writing systems is known as
glyphs
The Pawnee society of the Great Plains was matrilineal, with people tracing their ancestry through who?
Their mothers
A person who rented land from a lord and was able to leave the land at the end of a contract was known as a
free tenant
The Silk Road was
an overland trade route stretching from the Black Sea to China.
People in the Mesoamerican region learned to breed plants and animals in a process called
domestication
The most useful crop grown in Mesoamerica and North America by early Native Americans was
Maize
Native American people of the Southwest region included the tribes known as?
Navajo and Hopi
What resulted from farming advances like the moldboard plow and the horse collar during the feudal system?
More food was produced and the population increased.
Several African kingdoms such as Ghana and Mali grew wealthy and powerful by participating in the trading of what?
Slaves, Salt, Ivory and Gold
Like the Aztec in central Mexico, the Inca of South America did what to neighboring tribes?
invaded groups and villages.
One-person canoes used by the Inuit and Aleut are known as
Kayak
Why was farming not an important source of food for many Native Americans in the California region?
Culture groups were too small to rely on agriculture
The Magna Carta was one of the first documents to help protect the rights of who?
free individuals
Muslims made advances in many scholarly areas such as medicine, philosophy, and astronomy by drawing on
translations of ancient Greek writings
The political confederation responsible for waging war and making peace with non-Iroquois people was called the
The Iroquois League