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


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