American History I Midterm Study Guide Terms and People to Know- Aztecs: the Mexica took the name Aztec from the name of their original homeland‚ Aztlan. They created a mighty empire by conquering neighboring cities. The Aztec demanded tribute‚ or payment‚ from the cities they conquered. Maize: known in some English-speaking countries as corn‚ and is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels
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Migration Theory – Henry Otley Beyer (American Anthropology) According to social scientist Henry Otley Beyer believes that Filipinos descended from different groups that came from Southeast Asia in successive waves of migration. Each group had a distinct culture‚ with its own customs and traditions. • The first migrants were what Beyer caked the “Dawnmen” (or “cavemen” because they lived in caves.). The Dawnmen resembled Java Man‚ Peking Man‚ and other Asian Home sapiens who existed about
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Spain. It was actually built on ruins. The ruins it was built on were of the Aztec capital‚ Tenochtitlan. *Potosí: was a mine. It was located in upper Peru/modern Bolivia. It was one of the largest silver mines in the new world. Treaty of Tordesillas: was a treaty. It set spheres of influence and rights of possession in the New World. It was signed in 1494 by Castile and Portugal. *Peninsulares: were a group of people. They lived in the New World Spanish colonies. On the other hand‚ they were
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[APUSH] Review #1 1. Chapter 1 Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class. The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live
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Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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1. Beringia was a land bridge roughly 1‚000 at its greatest‚ which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia during the Pleistocene ice ages. It is believed that approximately 25‚000 years ago‚ Beringia enabled the population of the Americas from an emigration from Asia (founder effect). 2. Clovis a prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture that appeared at the end of the last glacial period‚ and are characterized by their namesake “Clovis points” and bone/ivory tools. They appeared roughly 13‚500
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Chavelle MIatland Montego Bay Community College History (Yr2) “The recorded history of the West Indies does not grow gradually‚ as most Old World histories grow‚ out of a more remote mythological or archaeological past. It begins abruptly with a definite event: the arrival of the first European discoverers in Columbus’s fleet in 1492.”1 This quote sums up the written (from a European point of view) historical finding of what is now known as the West Indies based on the writings of cartographer
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History Buddhism/Confucianism = no gods All founded in the b.c. ere All have many followers All karma Buddhism / Hinduism = reincarnation Confucianism /Buddhism = do good things You have to walk the walk. There journey was difficult because they had to travel over both land and water plus there where no roads during that time. Anti-Semitic prejudice The Black Death - black bumps red ring around History There journey was difficult because they had to travel over
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CHAPTER ONE: Before History IDENTITIES: Complex Society Paleolithic Venus Figurines Metallurgy Social Class/Social Structure Lucy Neolithic Lascaux Cave Paintings Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Revolution MAP: Olduvai Gorge Neander Valley Catal Huyluk Lascaux CHAPTER TWO: Early Societies in SW Asia and Indo-European Migrations IDENTITIES: The Epic of Gilgamesh Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi’s Codes/Laws Stele Assyrians Economic
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In the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas‚ ratified by the Pope‚ these two kingdoms divided the entire non-European world between themselves‚ with a line drawn through South America. Based on this Treaty‚ and the claims by Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa to all lands touching the Pacific Ocean. With help from their powerful Indian allies‚ the Spanish rapidly
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