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Heath History Ch 1
History Ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| radiocarbon dating | a method of determining how old biological objects are by measuring how much radioactivity left in a special type of carbon |
| Ice Age | a period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets |
| glacier | a huge ice sheet |
| nomad | a person who continually moves from place to place |
| agricultural revolution | period when early Americans learned how to plant and raise crops |
| maize | (corn)one of the first crops grown by early Americans |
| civilization | a highly organized society marked by knowledge of trade, government,the arts, science, and often, written language |
| obsideian | a dark glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| kiva | circular ceremonial room built by the Anasazi |
| pueblo | spanish for village |
| kachina | a good spirit that the pueblo people believed brought messages fromthe gods to their town each year |
| slash and burn agriculture | a farming technique in which land is cleared and made fertile by burning forests |
| longhouse | large rectangular buildings with barrel shaped roofs covered in bark used by some native americans |
| wigwam | conical or dome shaped building built by native americans using bent poles covered with hides or bark |
| kingship group | large group of extended families |
| savannah | a rolling grassland |
| mosque | muslim place of worship |
| matrilineal | tracing descent through the maternal line |
| feudalism | political system in which powerful leaders gave land to nobles in exchange for loyalty |
| manorialism | economic system in which peasants provide services to a feudal lord in exchange for protection |
| serf | person bound to a manor |
| Renaissance | french for rebirth, 1350 to 1600 |
| astrolabe | device used to determine direction, latitude, and local time |
| caravel | sailing ship capable of long distance exploration |
| line of demarcation | north-south line of longitude dividing lands in the Americas claimed by Spain and Portugal |
| circumnavigate | to sail around |
| Columbian Exchange | series of complex societal and environmental interactions between Europe and the Americans begun with Columbus's voyage |
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