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Key Terms and People Chapter 1
Name | Description |
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Martin Luther | Protestant Reformation |
Pope Urban II | Called for the First Crusade |
Vasco de Gama | Portugese explorer |
Mayas | Native American group famous for its calendar |
Aztecs | Their religion involved human sacrifice |
Incas | Native American group in South America known for bridge building |
Cuzco | Incan capital |
Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital |
Bering Land Bridge | Crossover location of Asians to North America |
Mississippians | Group of Mound Builders |
Anasazi | Cliff dwellers |
Hohokam | Lived in Arizona/traded |
Kachinas | Spirits revered by Pueblo Indians |
Iroquois and Algonquin | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
Iroquois League | Five Nations of Eastern Woodlands Indians |
Mansa Musa | Leader of Mali |
Timbuktu | Mali's center of Islamic learning |
Zimbabwe | Powerful East African trade center |
Ghana | West African trade center |
Silk Road | Trade route from China to Persia |
Moses | Credited by Isrealites with receiving the Ten Commandments |
Jesus of Nazareth | Believed by Christians to be the Savior |
Athens | Greek city-state famous for democracy |
Roman Republic | Elected representatives to govern |
476 AD | Fall of Rome |
Middle Ages | 1000 years following the Fall of Rome |
Renaissance | Re-birth of interest in learning |
Martin Luther | Challenged the Roman Catholic Church |
Henry the Navigator | Prince who set up a navigation center in Portugal |
1095 AD | Start of 1st Crusade |
1517 AD | Martin Luther challeges Catholic Church |