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Unit one
The old and new world
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the ice age? | period of dramatic cooling of earth |
| What was the bridge of land called that connected Asia to North america across the bering straight? | beringia |
| Who first crossed beringia into the americas? | nomadic asain hunters, followed herds of animals |
| what is the neolithic revolution? | comng of agriculture |
| What are some common characterisitics of native american cultures? | most work agriculture, no metal tools, no wheel, no written records |
| what is a civilization? | advanced culture |
| Where were the moundbuilders located? | Ohio, mississippi river valleys |
| What are the moundbuilders famous for? | burried their dead in elaborate mound of earth |
| Where were the mayans located? | yucaton peninsula of mexico |
| What were the mayans famous for? | had dozens of city-states ruled by kings |
| What were some of the mayans advanced cultural achievements? | huge stone pyramids, temples, written language, number system, astronomical knowledge, accurate calender. (dec. 2012) |
| What were the reasons for the end of the moundbuilders? | unknown |
| What were the reasons for the end of the mayans? | drought, war, social upheaval |
| What is social upheavel? | lower classes refuse to coontinue to serve the rules |
| What is historical perspective? | viewing people, events of the past through their beliefs and values, not yours |
| Who were the aztecs? | feirce, warlike conquerors |
| Where were the aztecs located? | mexico |
| What were the aztecs known for? | conquered surrounding tribes with army of thousands and built famous capital city of tenochtitlan |
| What did the aztecs perform due to religion? | human sacrifices to hungry sun god |
| WHere were the incas located? | Andes mts. of south america |
| WHat was the incas' capital city? | cuzca (peru) |
| What was the lost city of the incas? | Macchu picchu |
| What was wrong with the incas location? | rugged mountainous envirnment required terraced farming, freeze drying to store food, elaborate system of roads |
| What were the vikings also known as? | norsemen |
| who were the first europeans in americas? | the vikings |
| What are some places the vikings discovered? | Iceland, greenland, l"anse aux meadows on an island of newfoundland |
| WHo led vikings into the new world? | leif ericson |
| what are sagas? | long narriative poems |
| What are the reasons for the end of the vikings? | not enough wealth, plunder to interest them, constant warfare with indians |
| What is another name for the middle ages? | dark ages or medievil period |
| What is the reason for the period of great turmoil in europe during the middle ages? | famine, plague, schools closed, wars, gout |
| What is fuedilism? | system of gout in the middle ages |
| What is the most powerful unifying force in europe during the middle ages? | Roman catholic church |
| What were the crusades? | series of wars between european christians and muslim turks over possesion of holy land |
| what was the renaissance? | rebirth of curiosity |
| What are some artists that characterized the renaissance? | DA vines, Michaelangelo, copernicus, galileo |
| what was the reformation? | a reform movementwithin the christian church leading to the forming of new protestant churched |
| who was martin luther? | a german priest who issues his 95 thesas' |
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