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Chapter 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nomadic | roaming about from place to place aimlessly |
| Olmec | a Native American people whose civilization flourished in what is now southern Mexico in the period 1200-400 BC |
| Maya | a Native American people whose civilization flourished in Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula between about AD 250 and 900 |
| Aztec | Native American people that settled in the Valley of Mexico in the AD 1200s and later developed a powerful empire |
| Inca | a Native American people that around AD 1400 created an empire reaching nearly 2,500 miles along the west coast of South America |
| Adena | a Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River Valley and flourished from about 700 BC to AD 100 |
| Hopewell | a Mound Builder society that was centered in the Ohio River Valley and flourished from about 200 BC to AD 400 |
| Pueblo | a North American village or town |
| Iroquois | a group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast |
| kinship | a sharing of characteristics or origins, blood relationship |
| division of labor | the production of goods in large quantities, made possible by the use of machinery |
| Islam | a religious founded in Arabia in AD 622 by the prophet Muhammad; its believers are called Muslims |
| plantation | a large farm on which the labor of slaves or other workers is used to grow a single crop, such as sugar can or cotton |
| lineage | a group of peoples descended from common ancestors |
| Renaissance | a period of European history, lasting from about 1400 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and viewings of the world |
| hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
| nuclear family | a household made up of a mother, a father, and their children |
| Crusades | a series of Christian military expeditions to the Middle East between AD 1096 and 1270, intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land. |
| Reformation | a religious movement in 16th-century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various Protestant churches. |
| Christopher Columbus | An Italian explorer responsible for the European discovery of America |
| colonization | the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area |
| Columbian Exchange | the transfer— beginning with Columbus’s first voyage—of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | the 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere between them. |
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