Having no fixed home, moving from place to place according to seasons and availability of food and water.

A Native American people whose civilization flourished in what is now southern Mexico in the period 1200-400 B.C.

A Native American people whose civilization flourished in Guatemala and the Yucatan peninsula between about AD 250 and 900.

A Native American people that settled in the valley of Mexico in the 1200s and later developed a powerful empire.

A Native American people that around 1400 created an empire reaching nearly 2,500 miles along the west coast of South America.

A Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River valley and flourished from about 700 BC to AD 100.

A Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River valley and flourished from about 200 BC to AD 400.

A group of Native American peoples -- descendants of the Anasazi-- inhabiting the deserts of the Southwest.

A group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast.

The ties between members of a family.

The assignment of different tasks and responsibilities to different groups or individuals.

A religion founded in Arabia in AD 622 by the prophet Muhammad; It's believers are called Muslims.

A large farm on which the labor of slaves or other workers is used to grow a single crop, such as sugar cane or cotton.

A group of people descended from a common ancestor.

A period of European history, lasting from about 1400 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far- reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.

A social ordering by rank or class.

A household made up of a mother, a father, and their children.

A series of Christian military expeditions to the Middle East between AD 1096 and 1270, intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land.

A religious movement in 16th -century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various protestant churches.

He was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. He was trying to find a faster trade route for Asia, but he ran into America instead.

The establishment of outlying settlements by a parent country.

The transfer- beginning with Columbus's first voyage-- of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.

Treaty of Tordesillas

The 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere between them.

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Term	Definition
Nomadic	Having no fixed home, moving from place to place according to seasons and availability of food and water.
Olmec	A Native American people whose civilization flourished in what is now southern Mexico in the period 1200-400 B.C.
Maya	A Native American people whose civilization flourished in Guatemala and the Yucatan peninsula between about AD 250 and 900.
Aztec	A Native American people that settled in the valley of Mexico in the 1200s and later developed a powerful empire.
Inca	A Native American people that around 1400 created an empire reaching nearly 2,500 miles along the west coast of South America.
Adena	A Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River valley and flourished from about 700 BC to AD 100.
Hopewell	A Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River valley and flourished from about 200 BC to AD 400.
Pueblo	A group of Native American peoples -- descendants of the Anasazi-- inhabiting the deserts of the Southwest.
Iroquois	A group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast.
kinship	The ties between members of a family.
division of labor	The assignment of different tasks and responsibilities to different groups or individuals.
Islam	A religion founded in Arabia in AD 622 by the prophet Muhammad; It's believers are called Muslims.
plantation	A large farm on which the labor of slaves or other workers is used to grow a single crop, such as sugar cane or cotton.
lineage	A group of people descended from a common ancestor.
Renaissance	A period of European history, lasting from about 1400 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far- reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.
hierarchy	A social ordering by rank or class.
nuclear family	A household made up of a mother, a father, and their children.
Crusades	A series of Christian military expeditions to the Middle East between AD 1096 and 1270, intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land.
Reformation	A religious movement in 16th -century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various protestant churches.
Christopher Columbus	He was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. He was trying to find a faster trade route for Asia, but he ran into America instead.
colonization	The establishment of outlying settlements by a parent country.
Columbian Exchange	The transfer- beginning with Columbus's first voyage-- of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.
Treaty of Tordesillas	The 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere between them.

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