US History Chap. 1 Treinen/August
Terms
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- Anthropologists
- The study of human culture both ancient and modern.
- Archeologists
- The study of srtifacts to learn about the past.
- Artifacts
- Human made objects.
- Paleo-Indians
- Term used to refer to Native Americans that lived thousands of years ago.
- Hunter-gatherers
- People that live by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.
- Domestication
- Breeding of plants or animals to meet specific human needs, such as food and transportation.
- Cultural Diffusion
- Process of influencing and being influenced by neighboring peoples.
- Civilizations
- Highly developed cultres.
- Mesoamerica
- Middle America
- Olmecs
- The "mother culture" of Mesoamerica.
- Gluphic writing
- Use of symbols and images to express words and ideas.
- Mayas
- People living in the tropical rainforests of Guatemala.
- Aztecs
- Last of barbarian waves from the north, who moved into the Valley of Mexico about 1325.
- Tribute
- Forced payment in goods or produce.
- Incas
- People that developed and empire (powerful city-state) in Peru, South America.
- Hohokam
- Indian people who migrated from Mexico into what is now central Arizona.
- Anasazi
- An ancient Indian farming culture centered on the Colorado plateau.
- Hopewell culture
- An indian culture that emerged in the Ohio Vally about 500 BC.
- Mississippian Culture
- Indian culture that emerged in the Southeast and Mississippi Vally about 900 AD.
- Egalitarian
- Society where all members were considered equal.
- Slash and Burn Farming
- The cutting of tree and/or grassses and burning them to clear a field.
- Ecology
- The relationship between libing things and their environment.
- Shamans
- Indian religious leaders who communicated with the spiritual world.