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Period 1 Flashcards for APUSH - 1.02
Bering Strait Land Bridge
bridge nomadic hunters crossed to get from East Asia to America
The Inca
15th century, largest empire in the Americas, believed in animism
Animism
the belief that components of the physical world could possess supernatural abilities
The Aztecs
tribe established in south and central Mexico, known for using maize (corn)
Tenochtitlan
largest city of the Aztec Empire
The Mississippians
tribe located in North America
used an economy based on maize (corn)
polytheistic
participated in long trade networks
Cahokia
largest city in the Mississippian tribe
Matrilineal Society
social status is indicated by the woman’s side of the family
Polytheistic
to worship more than one god
The Iroquois
tribe located in North America
surrounded by lakes, rivers and forest,
longhouses
matrilineal society
Five Nation Confederacy
loose governing council of the Iroquois
The Pueblos
tribe located in North America
surrounded by desert, dry weather
dry farming, advanced irrigation
sun dried bricks
Three Sister Farming
a method of dry farming developed by the Pueblos
The Great Plains Native Americans
tribe located in North America
flat grasslands, very few rivers and forests
abundance of buffalo
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