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APUSH chp 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paleolithic Indians | Original "First" ones in America, arrived from Asia around 14,000 years ago |
| start of Archaic period | 8000 BCE |
| Clovis civilization established | 11,000 BCE |
| Columbus sets sail | 1492 |
| Dias rounded Southern tip of Africa | 1488 |
| Vasco de Balboa cross the Isthmus of Panama | 1513 |
| Bering Strait | Land Bridge crossed in Alaska |
| "Clovis" | Mongolians who were named after a town in New Mexico |
| "Archaic period" | hunting and gathering; large animals became extinct due to Ice Age killing grass so they began farming and becoming sedentary |
| Bows and arrows | 400-500 CE |
| Pachacuti | world shaker, Incan leader who helped expand |
| Inca | Capital was Cusco, Peru. Had innovative administrative systems and large network of paved roads |
| Maya | Turned into Aztec(inaccurate), developed numerical system, accurate calendar, advanced agricultural system, important trade routes |
| Mexica | people of different tribes |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec city on large island in central Mexico that had public buildings, schools, military, medical, and enslaved workforce from conquered tribes. Used human sacrifice |
| Southwest | Irrigation systems, trades craft, religious and civic ritual |
| Great Plain | Sedentary and farming |
| Woodland | greatest food resources, hunting, gathering, fishing |
| Cahokia | (st louis), peaked 1200 CE, earthen mounds |
| Northeast | less fertile |
| Algonquian | largest language group, dominated atlantic seaboard from canada to virginia |
| Iroquoian | large language group with cherokees and more |
| alliances | fragile |
| agricultural revolution | more sedentary and developing new sources of food |
| women job | tend to kids, prepare meals, gather certain food |
| changes for first incentive for europeans | population growth and reawakening of commerce, rise of new gov't |
| national tax systerms | solidated power and increased wealth of monarchs |
| Prince Henry | dreamed of establishing christain empire to fight against northern africa and find gold |
| Iroquois women | women held positions of great authority |
| ferdinand or aragon and isabella of castile | strongest monarchy in europe that supported westward voyage |
| Nina Pinta and Santa Maria | Columbus Ships |
| Cuba | China |
| Japan | Bahamas |
| "Admiral of Ocean Sea" God given | Columbus |
| third voyage | Venezuela, Orinoco River |
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