Darty AMH 2010
Prologue "Ancient America" Exam Terms
| Pangaea, continental drift, Bering Strait--land bridge (Beringia) |
| Paleo-Indians, Clovis points, Folsom points--George McJunkin,
J.D. Figgins |
| Archaic, Folsom points, hunting-gathering |
| 2 characteristics of each of these groups: Great Plains,
Chumash, Woodland, Mogollon, Anasazi, Adena, Hopewell, Algonquian, Iroquoian
tribes |
| totems, Poverty Point, chiefdom, pueblos, kivas, corn/maize,
mounds, Cahokia |
| League of Five Nations (also Iroquoian League)--Seneca,
Onondaga, Mohawk, Oneida, & Cayuga; Algonquian Confederacy |
| Mexica (ref. Aztecs), Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice, characteristics |
| Seneca Origin Narrative vs Christian Origin Narrative (compare/contrast) |
| animism, polytheism, usufruct, matrilineal |
| West African kingdoms, Songhai Kingdom, patrilineal, trading,
agriculture, metalsmithing, Islam and native religion, domestic slavery |