Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Ruler of Ghana from 1307-1332.
  2. 4. Trading goods without any use of money as payment.
  3. 5. People in Native American religions who were believed to have spiritual and healing powers.
  4. 7. History and stories passed down by storytellers.
  5. 8. Mesoamerican farming technique to help grow crops on shallow lake beds.
  6. 11. Groups of people related by blood.
  7. 12. Southwestern Native Americans known for their basket weaving.
  8. 13. A Native American group that included several other nations. They all spoke Iroquois languages and had a similar culture. They lived in the Eastern Woodlands.
  9. 16. People in the Southwest who lived in groups and had a council of religious elders. They grew corn, beans, squash, and cotton at creek bottoms in the desert.
  10. 21. Lived in the Andes Mountains in South America. At its height, had about 12 million citizens.
  11. 22. Being related to someone by blood.
  12. 23. Leader in the expedition to find a water route to India by sailing west, ended up finding the Americas.
  13. 26. Society that began around 400BC. They had large religious centers and developed a writing system and the concept of zero.
  14. 27. Women collected nuts, berries, and wild plants while males followed herds of animals to hunt. When herds of animals moved, so did the people.
  15. 29. First Americans who moved from place to place.
  16. 32. People settling into a new land and establishing it as their own.
  17. 33. Built their capital Tenochtitlan on an island in the middle of a lake. Known for their riches and frequently conquered surrounding neighbors.
Down
  1. 1. Large scale farms.
  2. 3. Property being inherited through the mother. Used by the Iroquois tribe.
  3. 6. Native Americans planting and harvesting crops. This allowed them to settle in one place.
  4. 9. Natives on a small island in the Caribbean that Columbus first sailed to.
  5. 10. Different people doing certain kinds of work. Ex. Man hunting and woman farming.
  6. 14. Burning land in order to clear it and help it gain nutrients to grow new crops.
  7. 15. Sea raiders known for attacking coasts in western Europe.
  8. 17. Viking who sailed off path and ended up in eastern Canada. Warfare ensued as they tried to colonize the land.
  9. 18. Exchange of goods between Europe and North America.
  10. 19. Ruler of Songhai from 1493-1528.
  11. 20. People of descent from the same ancestry.
  12. 24. Religion founded by Muhammad, brought to Africa from the Arabs while trading.
  13. 25. Large wooden building that the Iroquois used for shelter. They consisted of a long central aisle with living spaces on either side.
  14. 28. AD 900 dominated central Mexico, known for their artisans, warriors, and builders.
  15. 30. Skilled woodworkers who lived on the Northwest Coast.
  16. 31. The first major Mesoamerican society.