Early Mesoamerican and South American Societies
Native America Cultures
Trading Kingdoms of West Africa
Europe before Transatlantic Travel
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100
This group was known for their use of stone in architecture and sculpture.
Who are the Olmec?
100
This group lived to the east of the Algonquian. They lived in longhouses, or rectangular homes made from logs and bark, that housed 8 to 10 families.
Who were the Iroquois?
100
West Africa developed three gret kingdoms that grew wealthy through their control of trade. List one
What is Ghana Mali or Songhai.
100
Name two of the three Greek thinkers or philosophers.
Who is Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
100
Merchants began to create these in which a group of people invest together.
What is a joint stock company.
200
This group grew maize and other crops and lived in small villages.
Who are the Maya?
200
These are cone shaped shelters.
What is a teepee.
200
This area was a great source of much of the salt.
What is the Sahara
200
What is the name of a form of govenment in which people rule themselves.
What is democracy
200
These are buildings for Muslim prayer
What is a mosques.
300
This group were fierce warrios and their superior military ability waas key to their success.
Who were the Aztec?
300
This means that people traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers.
What is matrilineal.
300
Islam was founded in the 600's by an Arab named
Who is Muhammad.
300
These were warriors who fought on horseback
What is a knight
300
This group of people believed that individual ownership only applied to the crops one grew. The land itself was for the use of everyone in the village and a person's right to use it was temporary.
Who are Native Americans.
400
This small tribe in the Andes named their capital city Cuzco.
Who were the Inca?
400
The Pacific Northwest carved images of ancestor or animal spirits on tall, wooden poles.
What is a totem.
400
The Kingdom of Mali's most famous rules was a Muslim King named...
Who is Mansa Musa.
400
This disease spread across Europe killing an estimated 25 million people
What is the Black Death
400
Because there was no written language, records were kept on a system of knotted strings called.
What is a quipu.
500
This group had an advanced system of highways that ran the length of their empire. Paved roads and rope bridges connected all parts of their territory.
Who were the Inca?
500
These are underground ceremonial chambers at the center of each community. They were sacred areas used for religious ceremonies. Some of these rituals focused on the life giving forces of rain and maize.
What is kivas.
500
This is a pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is a haji.
500
This word means rebirth and refers to the period that followed the Middle ages in Europe.
What is Renaissance
500
This group of people had pyramids, large stone temples, palaces, and bridges. They also paved large plazas for public gatherings and built canals to control the flow of water through the cities.
Who are the Maya.
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