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Chapter one: Three old worlds create a new 1492-1600 Flashcards

A people and a nation

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618773536Paleo Indiansthe first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC1
618773537Importance of AgricultureMaize (corn), potatoes ect. Wherever agriculture dominated, economy and society flourished.2
618773538Mesoamerican CivilizationsIncludes: Teotihuacan, Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, Anasazi, Hopwell, Mississippi, and Andean civilizations such as Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, and the Inca.3
618773539Moundbuilders, Anasazi , and mississippiansEarly civilizations of the United States , Mound builders were located in the Ohio River Valley. All were influenced by the teotihuancan civilization.4
618773540America 1492Sexual Division of Labor: Hunting for men, food preparation, child rearing and bearing, food and clothing preparation for women Social organization: Lived in villages (long houses, large fences) extended families lived together, mothers, fathers, in laws, children, grandchildren, all of matrilineally descent. War and politics: attacking other villages for fertile land, resources, rivalries no connecting gov. structure varied by tribes, Iroquois was most organized with a confederacy and reps. Religion: varied. ALL POLYTHEISTIC5
618773541African SocietySlavery: Wives, Older Children, used to accumulate wealth, came across from gold coast. Sexual Division of Labor: Shared agr. duties Men- Hunted, managed livestock, fished Women- childcare, cooking, clothing, trading Religion: Cults, secret societies, separated sexes.6
618773542European SocietyAn age in Europe during 1492, when Europe was under the Renaissance Sexual Division: Men did field work women planted and harvested all depended on pace of work Black Death Exploration7

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