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39 Cards in this Set
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artifacts
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things left behind by early people, such as stone tools
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hieroglyphics
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pictures or symbols that are used to represent words, sounds, or concepts
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civilization
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a highly developed society
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nomad
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a person who moves from place to place
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federation
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a government linking different groups
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pueblo
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a village of stone dwellings built by the Anasazi
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migration
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a movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
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adobe
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a type of sun-dried mud brick
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carbon dating
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a scientific method to find out how old an artifact is
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theocracy
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a society ruled by religious leaders
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Ice Age
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a period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets
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archaeology
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the study of ancient people
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drought
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a long period of time with little rainfall
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culture
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a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
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terrace
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a raised piece of land with the top level off to promote farming
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maize
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an early form of corn grown by Native Americans
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classical
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relating to ancient Greece and Rome
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culture
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a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
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caravel
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small, fast ship with a broad bow
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coureur be bois
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French trapper living among Native Americans
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astrolabe
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an instrument used by sailors to observe positions of stars
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pilgrimage
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a journey to a holy place
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presidio
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Spanish fort in the Americans built to protect mission settlements
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pueblo
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home or community of homes built by Native Americans
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mercantilism
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the theory that a state's or nation's power depend on its wealth
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tribute
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money paid for protection
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viceroy
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person who rules a country or province as the representative of the monarch
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Renaissance
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a period of intellectual and artistic creativity
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technology
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the application of scientific discoveries to practical use
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mosque
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a Muslim house of worship
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circumnavigate
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to sail around the world
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encomienda
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system of rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americans who lived on the land
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Columbian Exchange
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exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas
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strait
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narrow passageway connecting two larger bodies of water
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live of demarcation
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an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal
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plantation
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a large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there
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mission
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religious settlement
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Northwest Passage
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water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers
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conquistador
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Spanish explorer in the Americas in the 1500s
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