Haley Luu Chapter 1 - Outline! AP U.S. History ! I. Introduction! a. Three things Native Americans had in common! i. They identified themselves primarily as members of multigenerational families rather than as individuals or subjects of governments.! ii. Most emphasized reciprocity and mutual obligation rather than coercion as means of maintaining harmony within and between communities. ! iii. They perceived the entire universe‚ including nature‚ as sacred.! II. The First Americans
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prevent damage during floods. Places 15. Mesoamerica 16. **Tenochtitlan: Capital of the Aztec Empire‚ located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150‚000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. 17. Cahokia **Cuzco: It was the capital of the Inca Empire and the Inca were initially organized as a chiefdom based on reciprocal gift giving and the redistribution of food and textiles Empires / Kingdoms 18. **Teotihuacan: is one of the biggest and most influential
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Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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Chapter 1: Native Peoples of America‚ to 1500 I. The First Americans‚ c. 13000-2500 BC 1. Widespread Settlement a. NE Asia 2. Learned from each other A. Peopling New Worlds 1. 2 dominate theories a. Siberian Hunters i. Crossed land-bridge during Ice Age b. Earlier people traveled by boat 2. Stories confirm that ancestors originated in Western Hemisphere 3. Paleo-Indians a. First Americans b. Established the foundations of Native American life i.Bands
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What features of Moche life characterize it as a civilization? Q. In what ways were the histories of the Ancestral Pueblo and the Mound Builders similar to each other‚ and how did they differ? Key Terms Ancestral Pueblo: Formerly known as the Anasazi‚ this people established a mixed agricultural and gathering/hunting society in the southwestern part of North America. (pron. PWAY-blow) Apedemek: The lion god of classical Meroë; his popularity shows a
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Chapter 1 Study Guide The Spanish Empire in the Americas 1. Three arguments’ that Juan Gines de Sepulveda used to justify enslaving the Native Americans were for gold‚ ore deposits‚ and for God’s sake and man’s faith in him. 2. Three arguments that Bartolome de las Casas gave in attacking Spanish clonial policies in the New World were the Indians eating human flesh‚ worshiping false gods‚ and also‚ he believed that the Indians were cowardly and timid. 3. For comparisons that Sepulveda
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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World History AP withMr. Derrick-Learning Targets Part2- The Classical Era in World History‚ 500B.C.E. -500C.E. Chapter6- Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas500B.C.E.–1200C.E. Learning Targets ★ Analyze classical civilizations thatevolvedoutsideof themorewell-known civilizations of Eurasia ★ Comparethedevelopmentof civilizationsinAfrica and the Americas ★ Examinethefactorsthatmakecivilizationsdevelop andanalyzewhytheydevelop differentlyin someregions ★ Distinguishthecharacteristics
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Colorado and used to be the home of the Anasazi people many years ago. It is located in the southwestern corner of Colorado (Anderson) and since Mesa Verde is essentially a plateau‚ it got the name Mesa Verde‚ which translates to green table in Spanish (Anderson). This area was populated with juniper trees and and pinons and all of that greenery encouraged the Anasazi people to make their homes on top of the plateau and to farm the land (Anderson). The Anasazi people were an ancient people that were
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This paper discusses the history of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The park was built to preserve the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people. Paper Introduction: Mesa Verde National Park Mesa Verde National Park was established in by an act ofCongress The intent was to preserve sites built by Pre-Columbian Indiansin Colorado The Park is managed by the National Park Service It is over acres and contains thousands of sites of historical andarcheological significance to visitors and scientists
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