Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Astrolabe | a device inverted by the ancient greeks and refined by Arab navigators |
| Bartolemeu Dias | reached southern tip of Africa, later named cape of Good Hope |
| Beringia | land that connects Asia with Alaska. |
| Caravel | portugese ship that incorporated all improvements |
| Circumnavigate | sail around the globe |
| civilization | highly organized society marked by trade, gvt, arts, science and often written language. |
| Columbian Exchange | permanently altered world's ecosystems and changed nearly every culture around the world |
| Crusades | expeditions that helped Europe. |
| Feudalism | new political system developed in western europe |
| Glacier | earth's water frozen into ice sheets |
| Ice Age | period of glaciation |
| Kiva | circular ceremonial rooms |
| Line of Demaracation | imaginary north to south line running down the middle of the atlantic |
| Longhouse | large and recreational. With barrel shaped roofs covered in bark |
| Mize | large seeded grass, corn |
| Matrilineal | many central African societies were this |
| Mosque | Muslim places of worship |
| Nomad | people who continually move from place to place |
| pueblo | spanish word for villages |
| Radiocarbon Dating | determines how old objects are |
| Renaissance | intellectual revolution. |
| Serf | people who were bound to the manor and couldn't leave it without permission |
| Vikings | people who came from scandinavia |
| Wigwam | conical or dome shaped and made using bent poles covered with hides or bark |
| Slash and Burn | cut down parts of forests and then burning the clear land. |
| Manoralism | describes economic ties between nobles and peasants |
| Kinship Groups | extended families |
| Obsidian | volcanic glass |
| Savannah | make for a more hospitable landscape |
| Agricultural revolution | occured between 9000 and 10000 years ago in Mesoamerica |
| Kachina | a good spirit |
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