Unit One Vocabulary Terms
Define Clovis Tip.
A superior spear point developed before 9,000 B.C. known to have improved hunting in North and South America.
The First Americans
This nation surprisingly triggered European expansion to the Americas.
Portugal
A letter is considered to be what kind of source?
Primary Source
Highly inaccurate animated portrayal of the Jamestown colony experience encountering Native Americans and settling there, made in 1995. (Minus the opening song).
Pocahontas
Define staple crop.
A crop grown for commercial sale that was usually produced in a colonial area and often sold in Europe.
What helps researchers produce a "cranial profile"? What information does this help determine?
Measuring distances between scores of points on the skull. The likely ethnic group of the skull.
Region where early Native Americans were deemed "mound builders".
The Eastern Woodlands
15th century.
Recently, remade into a live action film by Disney. The original voice of the main character was the iconic Jodi Benson.
The Little Mermaid
Define caravel.
A new type of oceangoing vessel that could sail closer to a head wind than any other sailing ship of the time and went at a stellar speed of three to twelve knots per hour.
What does the article in theory challenge?
The original Bering Strait Theory
The Norse and Vinland
A textbook is considered to be what kind of source?
Secondary Source
Disney's first animated film that premiered in 1937.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Define serfdom.
Early medieval Europe's predominant labor system, which tied peasants to their lords and the land. (not slaves because they could not be sold from the land).
The people of Stone Age Monte Verde, Chile, lived in huts covered by bark and mastodon skins 12,500 years ago, why was this significant to the article?
It was a full millennium before anyone was thought to have arrived in the New World.
What nation would have had the potential to change overseas expansion to the Americas? Bonus points if you can tell me why they did not pursue this route.
China and they were inwardly focused with the belief that they were already superior to all nations. China had ample wealth and no desire for anything other nations seemed to possess at the time.
What is a historical monograph?
A type of book often written by historians that provides an in depth study on a particular historical subject.
The movie that includes my daughter's favorite character. A recent musical. When we went to Disneyland last year, I waited for thirty minutes listening to the cast member that played her talk about members of her family.
Define Cahokia.
The largest city created by Mississippian mound builders located near modern day St. Louis.
Where did archaeologists find identical artifacts to the ones made by those who came from Northeast Asia?
France and Spain
A cliff dwelling people, considered to be wonderful astronomers, and their descendants are considered to be the Pueblo Native Americans.
Anasazi
What is the basis for a strong research paper?
A quality thesis statement.
Disney's attempt to branch into the sci-fi animated adventure film area during 2001. The plot of the movie is based on finding a mythical city.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire