American Continent
a strip of land between Alaska and Asia
Bering Land Bridge
a groups set of common values and traditions including language, government and family relationships.
culture
This means that people traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers
matrilineal
buildings for Muslim prayer
mosque
clear and ordeal thinking
reason
the peope that crossed over this strip of land into Alaska
Paleo-indians
aboveground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe.
pueblos
This confederation, or alliance, was established by the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca
Iroquois League
One of Songhai's gretest rulers.
Askia the Great
a form of government in which people rule themselves.
Democracy
a movement of people or animals from one region to another
Migration:
underground ceromonial chambers
kivas
a group of people from northern Africa
Berbers
a great teacher who wanted people to think and question their own beliefs. He was a philosopher as well
Socrates
warriors who fought on horseback.
Knights
people who hunted animals and gather plants for food
Hunter-gatherers
ancestor or animal spirits.
Totems
Mali's most famous ruler who was a Muslim King
Mansa Musa
a philosopher and teacher who wrote a work called The Republic which describes an ideal society based on justice and fairness for everyone
Plato
A disease that spread across Europe killing an estimated 25 million people
Black Death
climates and landscapes that surround living things.
what are environments
cone-shaped shelters
teepees
pilgramages to mecca
hajj
taught that people should live lives based on reason.
Aristotle
the greatest Renaissance artists who was known for his work in painting, sculpting, and architecture.
Michelangelo
the greatest Renaissance artists who was known for his work in painting, sculpting, and architecture. He was also known as an inventor, engineer, and a mapmaker
Leonardo da Vinci
A German man who developed a printing press that used movable type.
Johannes Gutenberg
buisness in which a group of people invest together
joint-stock-companies