chapters 1 and 2 unit i flashcards. the period roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago marked by the...
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Chapters 1 and 2
Unit I Flashcards
The period roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago marked by the
retreat of glaciers.
Archaic period
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A people that began to settle the forests in the northwestern area of North America around 5000 BCE.
Athapascan
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A warrior people who dominated the Valley of Mexico from 1100-1521.
Aztecs
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A subcontinent bridging Asia and North America named after the
Bering Straits.
Beringia
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One of the largest urban centers created by Mississippian peoples,
containing 30,000 residents in 1250.
Cahokia
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A way of life based on hunting small game and the foraging of plant
foods.
Desert culture
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Creation of a comfortable life through the development of a sophisticated knowledge of
available resources.
Forest efficiency
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French Protestant religious dissenters who planed the first
French colonies in North America.
Huguenots
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Name first used by Christopher Columbus for the Taino people of
the Caribbean.
Indios
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The region stretching from central Mexico to Central America.
Mesoamerican
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Martin Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church, initiated in 1517,
calling for a return to what he understood to be the purer
practices and beliefs of the early church.
Protestant Reformation
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All European supporters of religious reform under Charles V’s Holy
Roman Empire.
Protestants
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Dispersed settlements of Indian farmers in the Southwest.
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The long struggle (ending in 1492) during which Spanish Christians
reconquered the Iberian peninsula from Muslim occupiers.
Reconquista
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The intellectual and artistic flowering in Europe during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries sparked by a
revival of interest in classical antiquity.
Renaissance
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Reference
Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out ofmany: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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