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Age of Exploration |
the years from the late 1400's to the 1600's when Europeans sailed to parts of the world they had never been to before. |
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Archaeology |
the scientific study of the physical remains of past human life and activities |
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Beringia |
the land bridge that existed between today's Siberia and Alaska during the most recent Ice Age, 30,000 to 14,000 years ago |
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Caravan |
a group of travelers going on a journey through a desert or other difficult terrain; also, a train of pack animals carrying cargo |
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Columbian Exchange |
the exchange of cultural and natural items among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans when these people began to intermingle after Columbus's voyage to he Americas |
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Conquistador |
A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Inca and Aztec empire in the Americas |
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Crusades |
military expeditions launched by Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to take back Christian holy places in the Middle East from Muslims |
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Cultural trait |
A type of behavior or belief that is customary to a particular human group |
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currency |
something used like money to exchange goods |
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deity |
supreme being, god, goddess |
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ethnic |
relating to races or large groups of people tied together by common customs and traits |
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fuedalism |
political system in Europe from the 9th to the 15th centuries based on ruling lords, nobles who served them, and landless tenants called serfs, who were bound to work the land and work for the lords |
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Ice Age |
a time in prehistory when areas of the world were covered by enormous bodies of ice glaciers |
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Islam |
the Muslim religion, founded by Mohammed in 610 |
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Kinship |
being related; state of being part of a group of people of common ancestry |
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Mesoamerica |
the region of Central America where Aztec, Maya, and other native societies flourished before the coming of the Europeans |
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migrate |
to move form one country or place to another |
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Muslim |
follower of Islam, the religion founded by Mohammed in 610 |
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navigation |
the method of getting ships from place to place |
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nomadic |
roaming from place to place, usually seasonally, to secure a group's food supply |
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pilgrimage |
a trip to a sacred religious place by a religious worshipper |
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strata |
layers or levels |
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terrain |
physical features of land; also an area or region |
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transatlantic |
crossing the Atlantic Ocean |
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Native American Culture religious beliefs |
Kitan - good god, Hobamocco - evil god |
