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31 Cards in this Set
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Adobe |
Sun dried bricks |
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Berbers |
A group of people from africa |
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Bering Land Bridge |
Strip of land that connects Alaska and Russia |
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Black Death |
Series of plagues that killed about 25 million in Europe starting in 1347 |
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City-States |
Large town that has its own government and controls the surrounding countryside. |
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Crusades |
between 1100 & 1300 series of ward fought by Christians against the Muslims to control the Holy Land. |
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Culture Area |
Entire way of life developed by people. |
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Direct Democracy |
form of government in which ordinary citizens have the power to govern. |
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feudalism |
system of rule by lords who rule their land but owes milatary service to the king |
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hajj |
pilgramige to mecca by devout muslims |
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islam |
monotheistic religion founded by the prophet mouhammed in 600's |
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kachina |
masked dancer at religioius cerimonies of the south west indians |
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kivas |
underground cerimonial chamber at the center of the anazazi coummunity |
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knights |
warriors who fought on horse back in exchange for land |
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league of the iroquois |
allience of the five iroquois nations
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manor |
district ruled by lord including the lords castle and land around it |
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migration |
movement of people or animals from one location to another |
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mosque |
building used by muslim people for prayer |
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mound builders |
the name of various north american cultures that built mounds about 3,000 years ago |
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paleo-indians |
ancient people who crossed from asia to north america between 38,000-10,000 BC |
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potlatch |
cerimonial dinnerd |
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pueblo |
a town in the spainish coloneys anasazi village |
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Quipu |
divice made of cord or string with knots that stood for quantities |
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Qur'an |
sacred book of the islam |
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reason |
clear and ordered thinking |
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renassance |
burst of learning in europe from the late 1300's to about 1600's |
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republic |
system of government in which citicenze choose representitives to govern them |
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sachem |
member of the trible chief council in the leage of the iroquse |
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silk road |
trade routes linking china to the middle east |
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teepee |
cone shaped shelter made of baffalo skins |
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totem |
images of ancesters often carved into tall wooden poles by native americans |
