American Studies Chp. 1
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- What is a law?
- rule made by the gov.t to keep people saafe, laws must be enforced
- What is the Stone Age?
- When none of the groups didn't have progress developing machines they only had muscle power. Their tools were made from wood, stone or bone. They had a few copper objects and some gold & silver jewelry.
- Why not to have a leader:
- to much power, might not make good decisions, too much freedom, might be greedy
- What is a society?
- a group of people who live in a specific geographic area & who have a common culture.
- The Eastern Woodlands
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Gov.t- strong, shose democratically, women participated
Economy-hunted(men) farmed(women) wood houses
soc. characteristics- made the 5 nations, large population
they were aggressive with outsiders - Their hunting ground was...
- where the group lived
- The Great Basin
- They gathered seeds and hunted small animals. They fought whenever nessicary. 2 groups that lived here were the Modoc, Ute. The gov.t was simple and influenced by nature. They lived in small groups too.
- What is an environment?
- the groups nature.
- Southeasts economy
- they traded from the GOMand Rocky Mtns. They grew cluded pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, cabbage, melons& mushrooms. They bulit from wood, thatch, bark, reeds & canes.
- What is a culture?
- values and behavior patterns held in common: language, government, family relationships, how they make a living, how they educate their children, & the objects they create.
- The Sotheast gov.t
- There were 2 cheifs, red and the white. RED- gave advice on warpartys stuff like that and WHITE- handled concerns of the towns.
- The Southwest housing
- Built with adobe which is sun-baked brick plastered with mud. Their houses looked like modern apartment houses. The houses were built up against cliffs, to make construction easier and for defense against enemies.
- What are the kinds of leadership?
- democracy, dictatorship & monarchy
- What is a clan?
- When a man became a member of his wife's social group.
- What did the Far North hunt? What did they live in?
- seals, walruses, great whales. In the summer they hunted salmon. Lived in igloos.
- What was life mostly governed by?
- Tradition and custom
- Why to have a leader:
- make final decisions, organize things, prob. solver, stop fights, keep order
- What are generalizations?
- Broad statements that link loosely associated facts.
- What is the economy in the Northwest?
- they fished, the forests of redwood, pine & cedar supplied them with lumber to build things with.
- The Southwest food/tools gov.t, social characteristics and how they dealed with outsiders.
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The people of the pueblos were peaceful and gentle. The grew corn, beans & squash.
They made excellent pottery and wove baskets. They could hold water.
The gov. t- They were chosen in a democratic manner.It is more complex.
Soc. Characteristics- lived in large families up to 1,000. - What are soc. characteristics?
- describe the group of people who make up the society & describe the groups within the society.
- what are mound builders?
- people who buried their dead in elaborate eathern mounds.
- The Southeasts social characteristics
- mound builders, had worship, dancing feasting & merrymaking.
- what is a confederation?
- a loose association of tribes
- What is an economy?
- how people meet their needs and wants in a society.
- what are the crusades?
- religious wars
- The Great Plains
- simple gov.t, hunted buffalo, used everything from it, nomadic, the buffalo were worshipped, they were more aggressive.
- what are belivers in Islam called?
- Moslems
- when was the compass invented?
- 1100
- what is the astrolabe and when was it invented?
- an instrument that measuerd a ships latitude. It was invented in 1400.
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what is adobe?
- sun baked brick dried with mud.
- what is the commercial revoulution?
- when they wanted more asian goods
- what happened in 1095
- Pope Urban 2 summoned Catholics to take up the cross
- what are some great changes the crusades had?
- pepper, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, rice and oranges. bought silk cotten. Jewels and rugs.
- what happened in 1099?
- the crusaders captured Jerusalem and founded the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem.