Anasazi Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

  HIS 201 Exam 1 Quiz Questions and Verified Answers (Latest Update) Already GRADED A Early Woodland Indians obtained food by hunting deer Which characteristic was common across the many tribes inhabiting North America at the dawn of European colonization? A culture developed according to local natural environments When did corn become a signature food crop in southwestern cultures? 3500 BP Eastern Woodland peoples around the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492 clustere...

American Yawp chapters 1-3 Verified Exam Questions and Answers lived in modern day mexico and central america. relied heavily on maize - CORRECT ANSWER-mesoamericans First society people located in central North America - CORRECT ANSWERmississippians Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans - CORRECT ANSWER-cahokia a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - CORRECT ANSWER-pueblo Important ancie...

casa grandelocated in arizona, best account of sonovan desert farming — well perserved chaco canyonincluded a pueblo of six hundred interconnected rooms — found in NM mesa verdelarge cliff dwelling in Colorado,holds several thousand people,dwellings were easy to defend,offered protection-provided a safe place for Anasazi snaketownthis community is now northwest Mexico where the Hohokam lived cahokiaan ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it se...

Anasazi culture included __________________. a. Apache and Navajo peoples b. Cherokee and Cree peoples c. Basketmaker and Pueblo peoples d. Cheyenne and Crow peoplesC. Basketmaker and Pueblo peoples Early farmers included the _______________. a. Apaches c. Mogollon and Anasazi b. Navajo d. Cherokeesc. Mogollon and Anasazi

"Consent of the Governed"* - a requirement for legitimate government; the authority of a government rests upon its approval of the people, as expressed by votes in elections -first distinct "American" trait dissimilar from Europe "Opportunity" - Second distinct "American" trait typically unavailable in Europe or elsewhere (i.e. capitalism) "The Starving Time"* - they ate everything they could but continued to die *Olmecs - *engineers* of giant stone sentinels & fully functional u...

Three Sisters Eastern Woodlands crops - corn, squash, and beans. Mesoamericans Lived in modern day Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on Maize. shifting cultivation Cut forest, burn undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes. Useful in areas with difficult soil. Eastern Woodlands Forest dwelling Native American group. Established permanent agriculture. Used hand tools and practiced sustainable farming. Cultivated medicinal plants. Small settlements, disperse...

What about alternatives to fossil fuels? - ANSWER-Neither the availability or cost of fossil fuels, nor the upfront cost in public opinion of nuclear fuel, look very promising solar energy - ANSWER-energy that comes from the sun Used by the Greeks 2000 years ago and the Anasazi Indians of the desert Solar energy technologies - ANSWER-There are some interesting solar technology such as solar furnaces and photovoltaic cells- Then silicone we first which admit electrons in produces electricit...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - correct ...

Bering Land Bridge Most likely theory of people getting to Americas. 14- 12,000 years ago people followed migratory herds from Asia. Anasazi peoples (Chaco Canyon) Pueblo peoples. One of the earliest settlements in what is now the United States. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen Mississippian peoples (Cahokia) In modern-day St. Louis. The people built large earthen mounds. "three...

Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) absolution The theory popular in France and other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks. (p. 452) Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early seventeent...