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History 7 ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Land Bridge | once connected Siberia and Alaska, now is the Bering Strait, made possible by glaciers that caused ocean levels to drop |
| Mayas | Created an accurate calendar between 300 and 900 AD |
| Incas | Had the world’s largest Empire in the 1400’s |
| Mississippians | Mound Builders who constructed the first cities in North America |
| Oral Tradition | Native Americans passed on their knowledge from generation to generation through storytelling |
| 1492 | Europeans make first contact with Native Americans |
| Plains Indians | Hunted buffalo on the Great Plains, used every part of the buffalo |
| Iroquois | Developed a confederation in New York; women played a major role in society by choosing tribal chiefs |
| Islam | Religion that grew in Asia, holy book was the Koran |
| Mali | Kingdom in Africa ruled by Mansa Musa |
| Silk Road | ancient trade route going west from China |
| Jesus | taught that everyone could achieve salvation, founded Christianity |
| Athens | Only adult males could participate in Athenian Democracy |
| Roman Republic | Considered Christianity a threat and later embraced it, laws were made by elected representatives, these senators are much like the law making group the United States has today |
| Protestant Reformation | Led by Martin Luther |
| Native Americans | Passed on their knowledge in North America through storytelling; had many traditions that reflected their belief in spirits; came into contact with Europeans around 1500AD |
| Judaism | 1st world religion to teach belief in one God |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | set up a center for exploration in the 1400’s |
| Vasco da Gama | passed the southern tip of Africa in 1498 |
| Arab Astronomers | used math to determine the earth was a sphere |
| The Crusades | Exposed Europe to new goods, spices, and ideas; led to improvements in technology and navigation and many other possibilities; inspired Europeans to look overseas |
| Land bridge Theory | belief that the 1st Americans crossed the land bridge as they followed prehistoric mammals, possibly woolly mammoths, that they hunted |
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