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| moving from place to place |
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| groups of people related by blood |
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| women collect nuts, berries, eggs, and plants while men go to hunt animals |
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| the action or system of exchanging goods or services without using money. |
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| the first major mesoamerican civilization |
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| War-like Mesoamerican civilization know for human sacrifice and their capital, Tenochtitlan, built on an island of a shallow lake |
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| Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. |
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| people known about being skilled warrior, artisans, and builders. |
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| A Mesoamerican civilization of South America, centered in Peru. The Inca ruled a large empire and had many cultural and scientific achievements including an elaborate road system, architecture, and terrace farming. The arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores ended their empire in the 15th century. |
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| a type of communal village built by certain Amerindian peoples of the SW U.S. and parts of Latin America, consisting of one or more flat-roofed structures of stone or adobe, arranged in terraces and housing a number of families |
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| by burning the grass or land it grows back mush more fertile |
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| religion founded by the prophet Muhammad |
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| a type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. |
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| a group in the northern west coast and California who were skilled wood workers |
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| the norse people were sea raiders who terrorized the coast of western Europe |
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| setting up groups of people from one land in a new to help the land prosper and gain more territory |
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| history passed down by story telling |
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| songhais most famous ruler |
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| a viking who landed in eastern California on his way to Greenland |
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| a dramatic change in how people live #revolution |
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| large wooden shelters that provide shelter on either side |
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| people believed to have spiritual and healing power |
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| the trade of good between america and Europe including the trade of diseases |
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| people with the same ancestry |
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| the property was inherited through the mother |
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| an Italian shipman who found the new world |
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| the local people Columbus met when he landed in the new world |
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| certain people doing certain jobs |
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| several native american nations shared common cultures |
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