The Earliest Americans
The climates, land, and organisms that surround living things is called
Environment
Were the Mound Builders were people in eastern and midwestern North America a simple culture with no religion? True or False?
False
The large estates owned by monarchs and nobles during the Middle Ages were known as
Manors
The Silk Road was
An overland trade route from the Black Sea to China
Was the Pawnee society of the Great Plains matrilineal, with people tracing their ancestry through their mothers? True or False?
True
The study of the unwritten past is known as
Archaeology
People in the Mesoamerican region learned to breed plants and animals in a process called
Domestication
Feudalism is a system of government in which relies on __________ from vassels, free tenants and serfs.
Loyalty
A religion founded by Mohammad is called
Islam
One-person canoes used by the Inuit and Aleut are known as
Kayaks
The most useful crop grown in Mesoamerica and North America by early Native Americans was
Maize
Why was farming not an important source of food for many Native Americans in the California region?
They had MANY other food sources
The Actively Learn we read on the feudal system listed five reasons it weakened. Give me 3
Money, Diseases, Revolt, Population went down, People left for towns
Several African kingdoms such as Ghana and Mali grew ________ and _______ by participating in trading networks.
wealthy and powerful
The images of ancestor or animal spirts carved on tall poles by Native Americans in the Northwest were called
Totems
The symbols that represent ideas in early writing systems is known as
Glyphs
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
The series of five wars which took place between 1096 and 1221 for possession of the Holy Land are called the
Crusades
What resulted from farming advances like the moldboard plow and the horse collar during the feudal system?
An increase in food and population
Like the Aztec in central Mexico, the Inca of South America did what to their neighboring villages
Invaded them
Because the Arctic region has long, cold winters and short summers, the groups that lived there built homes called?
Igloos
What technological development helped the Vikings establish trade networks, explore the North Atlantic, and set out on raids?
A ship curved up on both sides
Muslims made advances in many scholarly areas such as medicine, philosophy, and astronomy by drawing on
Ancient Greek Writings
The political confederation responsible for waging war and making peace with non-Iroquois people was called the
The Iroquois League