APUSH Unit 1 Vocabulary

APUSH words you need to study that we wrote over the summer!!

hunters and gatherers

normally organized into kin-based bands, gatherers would tend to crops in the spring and summer, while men typically would fish and hunt animals like deer and bison.

semi sedentary societies

societies that planted and tended to crops in the spring and summer, fished and hunted, made war, and traded.

mississipian culture

included moundbuilding, which was a style of pottery, as well as other styles, which caused greater urban density and a more complex social organization that was also encouraged by agriculture. The city of cahokia became a center for the culture along with it’s fertile lands.

eastern woodlands

mississipian culture influenced people of the southeast who interacted with other groups, many of them who displayed mississipian characteristics (NOT SURE ON THIS)

algonquian culture/language

had a similar language to the iroquians, no single style of political organization, many of their societies were chiefdoms. many people who spoke their language lived in the great lakes area.

iroquian culture/language

similar to the algonquian language, no single style of political organizations, many of their societies were chiefdoms. moundbuilding was also a common practice!

iroquois confederacy

a society that granted political authority to sachems (leaders). it was formed by 5 nations that came together; the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. they used to all be enemies, but then later came together.

the great lakes

in the west, algonquian speakers, tribles like the Ottowas, Ojibwas, Potawamis, all thought of themselves as one group, the Anishable. They had a social landscape that was difficult for outsiders to understand.

the great plains

west of the great lakes, a vast and dry area dominated by small hunting and gathering groups.

the rocky mountains

a mountain range with vast valley of mountains located near the great plains.

the great basin

an area that separated the rockies from the sierra mountains with many different groups of people occupying the area.

peasants

the majority of Europe, farmworkers who lived in small villages surrounded by fields farmed cooperatively by different families.

republic

states that had no prince or king, but instead were governed by merchant coalitions.

christianity

grew out of Jewish monotheism, followers believed that Jesus Christ Himself was divine.

islam

their holy book was the “Quran”, they believed in one God and that Muhammad was the last prophet.

crusades

christian armies that undertook a series of violent wars to reverse the Muslim advance in Europe and win back holy lands where Christ had lived.

protestant reformaiton

triggered by martin luthers ideas in his 95 thesis, a “war” between the Holy Roman Empire and the Northern Principalities.

counter reformaiton

triggered by the protestant reformation, sought change from within and created new monastic and missionary orders, like the Jesuits.

plantaiton system

a form of estate agriculture using slave labour that was pioneered by Italian merchants and Crusading knights in the 12th century and transplanted to the islands off of the coast of Africa in the 15th century

plantation system

a form of estate agriculture using slave labor that was pioneered by Italian merchants and crusading knights in the 12th century and transplanted to the islands off of the coast of Africa in the 15th century