APUSH - Period 1: 1.02 Flashcards

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