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U.S. History Ch 1
Societies of the Americas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sedentary societies | groups of people who settled in permenant villages or towns |
| semisedentary societies | groups of people who settled in villages or towns but moved every few years in seach of food |
| nonsedentary societies | groups of people who moved continually in search of food |
| Mesoamerica | region that stretches from modern day Mexico to Nicaragua |
| Maya | ancient native American civilization from A.D. 200-900 |
| Inca | Native American civilization that developed in what is now Peru, 1400-1500 |
| Aztec | Native American civilization that spread through what is not Mexico, 1300-1520 |
| Pueblo | Native American who built great mud-brick cities |
| migrate | to move from one region to another |
| society | groups of people with common interests, customs, and way of life |
| civilization | complex society in which people share key characteristics such as language and religion |
| slash-and-burn | process of clearing land by cutting down and burning trees |
| Sahara | a large desert in Northern Africa |
| Islam | religion that teaches there is one god, named Allah, and Muhammed is his prophet |
| Muslim | a follower of the religion of Islam |
| Ghana | West African kingdom that prospered between A.D. 7400 and 1000 |
| Mali | West African kingdom that ruled from about 1200 to 1400 |
| Kongo | Central African kingdom in the 1400s that engaged in warfare and slavery |
| Ndongo | Central African kingdom that ruled during hte 1400s |
| savanna | flat grassland with abundant wildlife, thorny bushes and scattered trees |
| slave | someone who is captured for use in forced, unpaid labor |
| great famine | widespread food shortage that killed thousands of Europeans |
| Black Death | deadly disease that spread though Europe in the 14th century |
| Renaissance | time of increased interest in art and learning in Europe |
| Reformation | movement that divided the Church between Catholics and Protestants |
| Catholics | Christian followers of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Protestants | Christian group that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church |
| North Atlantic Current | clockwise ocean current that flows between norther Europe and the Caribbean Sea |
| South Atlantic Current | counterclockwise ocean current that flows between Africa and South America |
| printing press | device that mechanically printed pages by pressing inked forms onto paper, invented around 1440 |
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