Chapter one: Three old worlds create a new 1492-1600 Flashcards
A people and a nation
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| 618773536 | Paleo Indians | the first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC | 1 | |
| 618773537 | Importance of Agriculture | Maize (corn), potatoes ect. Wherever agriculture dominated, economy and society flourished. | 2 | |
| 618773538 | Mesoamerican Civilizations | Includes: Teotihuacan, Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, Anasazi, Hopwell, Mississippi, and Andean civilizations such as Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, and the Inca. | 3 | |
| 618773539 | Moundbuilders, Anasazi , and mississippians | Early civilizations of the United States , Mound builders were located in the Ohio River Valley. All were influenced by the teotihuancan civilization. | 4 | |
| 618773540 | America 1492 | Sexual 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 POLYTHEISTIC | 5 | |
| 618773541 | African Society | Slavery: 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 | |
| 618773542 | European Society | An 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 Exploration | 7 |