Hey, guys, here is some flashcards for class. So, yay! Order goes as followed first vocabulary, then quick review, then ap prep test where * marks the start of a new section.
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| 1614645313 | Cahokia | one of the largest urban centers created by Mississippian peoples, containing 30,000 residents in 1250 | 0 | |
| 1614645314 | transoceanic migrations | a population migration across oceans | 1 | |
| 1614645315 | Beringia | a subcontinent bridging Asia and North America, named after the Bering Straits | 2 | |
| 1614645316 | Athapascan | A people that began to settle the forests in the northwestern area of North America around 5000 B.C.E. | 3 | |
| 1614645317 | Clovis tradition | a powerful new and sophisticated style of tool making, unlike anything found in the Old World | 4 | |
| 1614645318 | Pleistocene Overkill | intensified hunting efforts brought on in response to lowered reproduction and survival rates of large animals | 5 | |
| 1614645319 | Archaic period | the period roughly 10,000 to 2,500 years ago marked by the retreat of glaciers | 6 | |
| 1614645320 | clans | groups of allied families | 7 | |
| 1614645321 | Mesoamerica | the region stretching from central Mexico to Central America | 8 | |
| 1614645322 | Aztecs | a warrior people who dominated the Valley of Mexico from 1100 to 1521 | 9 | |
| 1614645323 | Rancherias | dispersed settlements of Indian farmers in the Southwest | 10 | |
| 1614645324 | Kachinas | impersonations of the ancestral spirits by Southwest Indians | 11 | |
| 1614645325 | *The Earliest Americans | -no single physical type characterized the peoples of the Americas -migration from Asia began about 30,000 years ago -stone age hunters brought tools and animals with them on their journey | 12 | |
| 1614645326 | *The Clovis Tradition | -emerged around 10,000 B.C.E. -a new and powerful style of tool making -Clovis artifacts found throughout North and Central America | 13 | |
| 1614645327 | *Forest Living | -Eastern North American (was) a vast forest -Indian communities took advantage of rich forest resources -Indians developed settled forest communities | 14 | |
| 1614645328 | *Mesoamerica | -Mesoamerica was the birthplace of agriculture in North America -Olmecs: first literate urban culture in region -Mayan civilization flourished between about 300 B.C.E. and 900 C.E. | 15 | |
| 1614645329 | *The South | -mild, moist climate -Indian peoples of the South farmed, fished, and hunted -peoples of the South shared agricultural festivals | 16 | |
| 1614645330 | *The Northwest | -varied geography of plains, mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys -the Iroquois have lived in the region for 4,500 years -population growth and intensification of farming led to the development of chiefdoms | 17 | |
| 1614645331 | **When Europeans arrived in North America at the beginning of the sixteenth century: | Indians had developed a variety of disparate cultures and languages | 18 | |
| 1614645332 | **Studies that compare DNA have revealed a close genetic relationship between American Indians and the people of | Asia | 19 | |
| 1614645333 | **Recent archaeological evidence has led some scholars to conclude that early migration in North America: | occurred by water as people used boats to travel along the western coastline of the continent | 20 | |
| 1614645334 | **Scholarly research leads to the conclusion that Clovis technology: | dramatically improved agricultural production and led to significant population growth | 21 | |
| 1614645335 | **A major event that occurred in North America during the Archaic period was: | the end of the Ice Age and the retreat of the glaciers | 22 | |
| 1614645336 | **The "miracle crops" that first emerged in North America were: | maize and potatoes | 23 | |
| 1614645337 | **When using the term "resisted revolution," historians are referring to: | the refusal of some Indian groups to shift to an agricultural society | 24 | |
| 1614645338 | **An extraordinary example of complex and sophisticated mound-building society was: | um idk I think Hopewell | 25 |
