Early Migration
A piece of land exposed between Russia and Alaska that is believed to be where early settlers crossed to come to North America.
The Bering land bridge
The region of North America that Native Americas would experience the harshest living conditions.
The Subarctic/Arctic
Earliest Mesoamerican civilization who developed an accurate 365 day calendar, astronomy, and written language
The Mayans
The period that begins with the fall of Rome and lasted in Europe for over a thousand years.
All Western African kingdoms receive their wealth and power by doing this.
Trading
The movement of a group of people from one region to another.
Migration
Totem poles would be a typical feature by tribes in this region.
The Pacific Northwest
Civilization in Central Mexico that created man made islands with irrigation and causeways.
The Aztecs
This period is a “rebirth” of learning through the classical civilization of Greece and Rome.
Religion common to all Western African kingdoms
Islam
The one thing needed for man to maintain PERMANENT settlements.
A steady food supply
Native American tribes in this region are among the first to form a confederacy of tribes making them a powerful alliance.
The Northeast
Civilization famous for its cities high in the Andes mountains with a network of highways and bridges for communication.
The Incas
Birthplace of the Renaissance.
Italy
Mansa Musa was the leader of this empire
Mali
The two ways archaeologists believe early settlers moved to North America.
It’s all about the buffalo to Native Americans in this region.
The Great Plains
Reason for the decline of both the Aztecs and the Incas.
European colonization
The system in the Medieval period where a lord would give land to a vassal in return for protection.
Feudalism
Askia the Great was the leader of this empire
Songhai
Two characteristics of a hunting and gathering society
Nomadic, hunting animals, gathering berries and resources, small groups, etc.
Two things all Native American cultures have in common regardless of the region they lived in.
Focus on nature within their culture, land ownership, adaption to environment
An example of evidence of technology in Mesoamerican civilizations.
Calendar, irrigation, astronomy, roads, architecture
Two changes that occur between the Medieval period to the period of the Renaissance.
Rebirth of learning, more trading, changes in art and architecture, etc.
One thing Askia the Great and Mansa Musa shared in their empires.
focus on learning
religion
trading empire