section 2
A thick sheet of ice that covers large areas of land is called a--
glacier
The Anasazi lived in large
cliff dwellings
In some areas, Native Americans used seashells and beads for
starting fires
believed by muslims to have been given the word of God
Muhammad
The cheif trading center on the eaast coast of africa was ______
Kilwa
In a _____, groups of people have similar ways of life.
culture area
The Hohokam lived in the deserts of what is now _________
Southern Arizona
What sort of communities did the Anasazi build?
cliff dwellings
ruled mali at its height
Mansa Musa
China developed moveable type 400 years before it was developed in ________
Europe.
woven cloth, baskets, canoes, and furs were common gifts at a ________
potlatch
Green Corn Ceremony
What two language groups dominated the Eastern Woodlands?
Algonquian and Iroquoian
A Chinese explorer
Zheng He
The Silk Road was a series of trade routes that stretched from China to ________
women in Iroquois clans chose the clans ______, or tribal chief.
sachem
To teach their children about benevolent spirits, the Pueblos carved ________
Kachina dolls
Native Americans spread across the North American continent
well before 10,000 B.C
The science of locating and PLotting the course of ships
navigation
What were two remarkable advances made by Arabs?
Two remarkable advances were how they helped develop algebra and passed it on to the Europeans. They also had Arab Astronaunts measure the size of the earth, supporting the greek belief that the earth was a sphere.
A group of Iroquois families that were related to one another was called a______
clan
What two large Native American groups dominated the Eastern Woodlands, and which of these groups was made up of five nations?
The two largest Native American groups were the Algonquians & the Iroquois. The Iroquois was made up of 5 different nations.
native american people in which area used kyaks?
the far north
By the 1500s, much of the trade linking Europe, Africa, and ________ passed through the Arabian Peninsula.
Asia
What was the first major trading center in west Africa?
Ghana