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Clovis Point |
Spear tip used by the Paleo Indians Found all over US |
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9,000 B.C. |
Animals became extinct |
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Paleo Indians |
12,000- 9,000 B.C. |
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Archaic Indians |
9,000- 1,000 B.C. |
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Neolithic Revolution |
1,000 B.C. |
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Central Mexico |
First area to use agriculture |
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What are the five types of Archaic Indians? |
Pacific Coast Great Basin Great Plains South Western Eastern Woodland |
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Pacific Coast Indians |
90 languages 500 tribes Fisherman permanent Clans Tress to build homes Woodwork art
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Great Basin Indians |
Hunter/ GATHERERS Roots, nuts, berries, and small rodents Nomadic |
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Great Plains Indians |
HUNTER/ Gatherers Nomadic Buffalo/Bison Bow and arrow |
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South Western Indians |
Hunters/GATHERERS Nomadic First to use agriculture, becoming permanent Irrigation masters Pueblos/cliff-dwellings Territorial |
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Eastern Woodland Indians |
HUNTER/Gatherers Deer Traps Fire |
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What were the three types of Eastern Woodland Indians? |
Algonquian Iroquois Muskogean |
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Algonquian Indians |
Atlantic Ocean Permanent Fishermen Deer Jamestowne |
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Iroquois Indians |
Matriarchal society Agriculture Permanent with seasonal migration Confederacy- The League of Five Nations |
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Muskogean Indians |
Diverse Sun-worshippers |
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League of Five Nations |
First model of government for the US |
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What were the five nations in the League of Five Nations? |
Seneca Oneida Cayuga Ononoaga Mohawk |
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What was the sixth nation to join the League of Five Nations? |
Tusca Rora |
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When did Tusca Rora join the League of Five Nations? |
1722 |
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When did Thorvald go to Iceland? |
960 |
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Why did Thorvald go to Iceland? |
He committed murder and was banned from his country. |
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When did Eric go to Greenland? |
980 |
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Why did Eric go to Greenland? |
He committed murder and was banned from his country. |
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When did Leif and Thorvald II go to Canada? |
1001-1004 |
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What is "The Colombian Exchange"? |
Things brought from the OLD world to the NEW world and vice versa. |
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What were things brought from the OLD world to the NEW world? |
Disease Animals Weapons Technology Religion Plants/Sugar People |
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What were things brought from the NEW world to the OLD world? |
Gold Plants/Chocolate/Tobacco Land/Empire Disease |
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Who discovered Cuba? |
Hernan Cortes |
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What year did Hernan Cortes discover Cuba? |
1504 |
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Encomienda |
Share of land |
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Encomiendero |
Lord of the encomienda |
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Mexica |
Aztec Indians |
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Montezuma |
Emperor of the Aztecs |
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Tenoctitlan |
Capital city of the Aztec empire |
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How many Aztec gods were there? |
Four |
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Who were the four Aztec gods? |
Huitzilopochtli Tlaloc Tezcatlipoca Quetzalcoatl |
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Huitzilopochtli |
Aztec god of war |
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Tlaloc |
Aztec god of water |
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Tezcatlipoca |
Aztec god of night sky |
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Quetzalcoatl |
Aztec god of sustenance |
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What year did the Aztecs kill Montezuma? |
1520 |
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What happened to the Aztec Indians? |
Wiped out by Small Pox |
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When did Hernan Cortes become emperor of the Aztec Indians? |
1521 |