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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