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15 Cards in this Set
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What do scientists use radiocarbon dating for?
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To determine how old objects are.
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How does radiocarbon dating work?
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From the wood or bone, scientist measure the radioactivity left in carbon 14. Depending on how much is left, provides the age.
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Why does radiocarbon dating work?
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Because all living things absorb carbon.
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Where did Iroquoian families live?
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In the northeast, where New York is today.
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Describe the Iroquoian houses?
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Large rectangular long houses and wigwams.
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Describe the Iroquoian family.
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Lived in large kinship groups headed by the elder women of each clan in the kinship. Women were responsible for planting and harvesting crops. Up to 10 families lived together.
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What were the empires of West Africa?
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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
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What were the people of Ghana called?
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Soninke
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What were the trades of Ghana?
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Gold and Salt
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What were the muslim places of worhip?
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mosques
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Who was wealthy from the trade in Ghana?
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The ruler but not the people. The people were farmers and herders.
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What led to Ghana's collapse?
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War, exhausted land so no farming, and trade routes that bypassed Ghana.
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Who was the leader of Mali
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Mansa Musa
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Describe Mali's government
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Mali had local leaders collect taxes from the farmers.
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How did Mali enforce taxes?
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with a large army called the mansa.
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