The Earliest Americans
The most useful crop grown in Mesoamerica and North America by early Native Americans was
Maze
Because many other food sources were available for many Native Americans in the California region ________ was not an important food source for them
Farming
The large estates owned by monarchs and nobles during the Middle Ages were known as
Manors
___________ is considered to be one of the richest people in history
Mansa Musa
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
Sea Life
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
A religion founded by Mohammad is called
Islam
Like the Aztec in central Mexico, the Inca of South America did what to __________ neighboring villages
Invaded
One-person canoes used by the Inuit and Aleut are known as
Kayak
Native American people of the Southwest region included the
Navajo and Hopi
The series of five wars which took place between 1096 and 1221 for possession of the Holy Land are called the
The Crusades
The Silk Road was
an overland trade route stretching from the Black Sea to China.
The __________ was one of the first documents to help protect the rights of free individuals.
Magna Carta
The study of the unwritten past is known as
Archeology
The Pawnee society of the Great Plains was matrilineal, with people tracing their ancestry through their......
Mothers
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 trading ______, gold, slaves and _________
Ivory and Salt
People in the Mesoamerican region learned to breed plants and animals in a process called
Domestication
The symbols that represent ideas in early writing systems is known as
Glyphs
The political confederation responsible for waging war and making peace with non-Iroquois people was called the
Iroquois League
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
Muslims made advances in many scholarly areas such as medicine, philosophy, and astronomy by drawing on
translations of ancient Greek writings
Since the Olmec society developed near a fertile river basin, is was perfect for ______________ to feed themselves
Growing Food